στολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέλλω (stéllō, “to clothe”) +‎ -η (-ē). Compare deverbal English dress.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sto.lɛ̌ː/ → /stoˈli/ → /stoˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sto.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stoˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stoˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stoˈli/

Noun

στολή • (stolḗ) f (genitive στολῆς); first declension

1. equipment
2. robe

Declension

First declension of ἡ στολή; τῆς στολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στολή hē stolḗ	τὼ στολᾱ́ tṑ stolā́	αἱ στολαί hai stolaí
Genitive	τῆς στολῆς tês stolês	τοῖν στολαῖν toîn stolaîn	τῶν στολῶν tôn stolôn
Dative	τῇ στολῇ têi stolêi	τοῖν στολαῖν toîn stolaîn	ταῖς στολαῖς taîs stolaîs
Accusative	τὴν στολήν tḕn stolḗn	τὼ στολᾱ́ tṑ stolā́	τᾱ̀ς στολᾱ́ς tā̀s stolā́s
Vocative	στολή stolḗ	στολᾱ́ stolā́	στολαί stolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στολή (stolí)
• → Hebrew: אִצְטְלָה (itztəlá)
• → Latin: stola
  • → Czech: štóla (learned)
  • → English: stola, stole (learned)
  • → Finnish: stola (learned)
  • → Italian: stola (learned)
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: stola (learned)
  • → Polish: stola (learned)
  • → Slovak: štóla (learned)
  • → Swedish: stola (learned)

Further reading

• “στολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G4749 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accoutrement idem, page 7.
  • apparel idem, page 34.
  • armament idem, page 40.
  • array idem, page 41.
  • attire idem, page 51.
  • clothes idem, page 139.
  • costume idem, page 176.
  • dress idem, page 252.
  • equipment idem, page 280.
  • fashion idem, page 308.
  • garb idem, page 353.
  • garment idem, page 354.
  • guise idem, page 379.
  • habit idem, page 380.
  • manner idem, page 512.
  • outfit idem, page 582.
  • raiment idem, page 669.
  • robe idem, page 719.
  • trappings idem, page 890.

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly inherited from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “equipment; armament; garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoˈli/
• Hyphenation: στο‧λή

Noun

στολή • (stolí) f (plural στολές)

1. costume / uniform (clothing distinctive to a profession, soldier, etc)

   αποκριάτικη στολή ― apokriátiki stolí ― carnival costume

   στολή αγγαρείας ― stolí angareías ― military fatigues

Declension

Declension of στολή

	singular	plural
nominative	στολή •	στολές •
genitive	στολής •	στολών •
accusative	στολή •	στολές •
vocative	στολή •	στολές •

Related terms

• αστόλιστος (astólistos, “not decorated”)
• άστολος (ástolos, “without uniform”, adjective)
• ένστολος (énstolos, “in uniform”, adjective)
• ξεστολίζω (xestolízo, “take off decorations”)
• στολίδι n (stolídi, “decoration”)
• στολίζω (stolízo, “decorate”) & compounds
• στόλισμα n (stólisma, “decorating”)
• στολισμένος (stolisménos, participle)
• στολισμός m (stolismós, “decorating”)
• χρυσοστόλιστος (chrysostólistos, “decorated with gold”)

Further reading

• στολή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el