στόνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *stónos (whence also Proto-Slavic *stonъ (“moan, groan”)), from *sten- (“to moan, groan”). By surface analysis, στένω (sténō) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stó.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsto.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsto.nos/
Noun
στόνος • (stónos) m (genitive στόνου); second declension
- sighing, groaning, lamentation
Declension
Second declension of ὁ στόνος; τοῦ στόνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στόνος ho stónos | τὼ στόνω tṑ stónō | οἱ στόνοι hoi stónoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στόνου toû stónou | τοῖν στόνοιν toîn stónoin | τῶν στόνων tôn stónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στόνῳ tôi stónōi | τοῖν στόνοιν toîn stónoin | τοῖς στόνοις toîs stónois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στόνον tòn stónon | τὼ στόνω tṑ stónō | τοὺς στόνους toùs stónous | ||||||||||
Vocative | στόνε stóne | στόνω stónō | στόνοι stónoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στονόεις (stonóeis)
Further reading
- “στόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “στόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- complaint idem, page 151.
- grief idem, page 373.
- groan idem, page 374.
- lamentation idem, page 474.
- moan idem, page 537.
- plaint idem, page 617.
- sigh idem, page 774.
- wail idem, page 959.