στυλίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “-ite”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /styː.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /styˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /styˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /styˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stiˈli.tis/
Noun
στῡλῑ́της • (stūlī́tēs) m (genitive στῡλῑ́του); first declension
- one standing or dwelling on a pillar, a stylite (Christian ascetic cloistered atop a pillar)
Declension
First declension of ὁ στῡλῑ́της; τοῦ στῡλῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στῡλῑ́της ho stūlī́tēs | τὼ στῡλῑ́τᾱ tṑ stūlī́tā | οἱ στῡλῖται hoi stūlîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στῡλῑ́του toû stūlī́tou | τοῖν στῡλῑ́ταιν toîn stūlī́tain | τῶν στῡλῑτῶν tôn stūlītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στῡλῑ́τῃ tôi stūlī́tēi | τοῖν στῡλῑ́ταιν toîn stūlī́tain | τοῖς στῡλῑ́ταις toîs stūlī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στῡλῑ́την tòn stūlī́tēn | τὼ στῡλῑ́τᾱ tṑ stūlī́tā | τοὺς στῡλῑ́τᾱς toùs stūlī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | στῡλῖτᾰ stūlîta | στῡλῑ́τᾱ stūlī́tā | στῡλῖται stūlîtai | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- (Christian ascetic cloistered atop a pillar): στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tissa) (feminine equivalent)
Descendants
- English: stylite
- Greek: στυλίτης (stylítis)
- Latin: stȳlītēs
References
- “στῡλίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στυλίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette