στύπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally connected with Old Norse stúfr (“tree stump”) and Latvian stups (“broom”). According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is a good possibility due to the presence of the byform στύμος (stúmos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stý.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsty.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsty.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsty.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsti.pos/
Noun
στύπος • (stúpos) n (genitive στύπεος or στύπους); third declension
- stem, stump, block
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ στῠ́πος; τοῦ στῠ́πους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ στῠ́πος tò stúpos | τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stúpei | τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tà stúpē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στῠ́πους toû stúpous | τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stupoîn | τῶν στῠπῶν tôn stupôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στῠ́πει tôi stúpei | τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stupoîn | τοῖς στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν toîs stúpesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ στῠ́πος tò stúpos | τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stúpei | τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tà stúpē | ||||||||||
Vocative | στῠ́πος stúpos | στῠ́πει stúpei | στῠ́πη stúpē | ||||||||||
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Third declension of στῠ́πος; στῠ́πεος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | στῠ́πος stúpos | στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee | στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea | ||||||||||
Genitive | στῠ́πεος stúpeos | στῠπέοιν stupéoin | στῠπέων stupéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεῐ̈ stúpei / stúpeï | στῠπέοιν stupéoin | στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν stúpesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | στῠ́πος stúpos | στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee | στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea | ||||||||||
Vocative | στῠ́πος stúpos | στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee | στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στυπάζει (stupázei)
- στυπογλύφος (stupoglúphos)
Synonyms
- κορμός (kormós)
- στέλεχος (stélekhos)
References
- στύπος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στύπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill