stoa
See also: støa
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).
Noun
stoa (plural stoae or stoæ or stoai or stoas)
- In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson:
- They could not vote, attend the theater, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy.
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Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:porch
Related terms
- stoic
Translations
Translations
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Anagrams
- OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, oats, taos, toas, tosa
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstoɑ/, [ˈs̠t̪o̞ɑ]
- Rhymes: -oɑ
- Syllabification(key): sto‧a
Noun
stoa
- (architecture) stoa
Declension
| Inflection of stoa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | stoa | stoat | |
| genitive | stoan | stoien | |
| partitive | stoaa | stoia | |
| illative | stoaan | stoiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | stoa | stoat | |
| accusative | nom. | stoa | stoat |
| gen. | stoan | ||
| genitive | stoan | stoien stoainrare | |
| partitive | stoaa | stoia | |
| inessive | stoassa | stoissa | |
| elative | stoasta | stoista | |
| illative | stoaan | stoiin | |
| adessive | stoalla | stoilla | |
| ablative | stoalta | stoilta | |
| allative | stoalle | stoille | |
| essive | stoana | stoina | |
| translative | stoaksi | stoiksi | |
| instructive | — | stoin | |
| abessive | stoatta | stoitta | |
| comitative | — | stoineen | |
| Possessive forms of stoa (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | stoani | stoamme |
| 2nd person | stoasi | stoanne |
| 3rd person | stoansa | |
Anagrams
- Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, taos, taso, tosa
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɔa
- Hyphenation: stò‧a
Noun
stoa f (plural stoe)
- (Ancient Greece) stoa
Related terms
- stoicismo
- stoico
Further reading
- stoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Atos, Taso, osta, tosa
Lote
Noun
stoa
- store
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
stoa m (definite singular stoaen, indefinite plural stoaer, definite plural stoaene)
- a stoa
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstuː.ɑ/
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).
Noun
stoa m (definite singular stoaen, indefinite plural stoaer or stoaar, definite plural stoaene or stoaane)
- a stoa
Related terms
- stoikar
- stoisisme
- stoisk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
stoa
- definite singular of sto f
- definite plural of sto n
Anagrams
- osta, sota, tosa