πρόστυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ στῦλος (stûlos) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prós.tyː.los/ → /ˈpros.ty.los/ → /ˈpros.ti.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prós.tyː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.ty.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.ty.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.ty.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.ti.los/

Adjective

πρόστῡλος • (próstūlos) m or f (neuter πρόστῡλον); second declension

1. with pillars in front
2. (nominalized, neuter) portico

Declension

Second declension of πρόστῡλος; πρόστῡλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρόστῡλος próstūlos	πρόστῡλον próstūlon		προστῡ́λω prostū́lō	προστῡ́λω prostū́lō		πρόστῡλοι próstūloi	πρόστῡλᾰ próstūlă
Genitive		προστῡ́λου prostū́lou	προστῡ́λου prostū́lou		προστῡ́λοιν prostū́loin	προστῡ́λοιν prostū́loin		προστῡ́λων prostū́lōn	προστῡ́λων prostū́lōn
Dative		προστῡ́λῳ prostū́lōi	προστῡ́λῳ prostū́lōi		προστῡ́λοιν prostū́loin	προστῡ́λοιν prostū́loin		προστῡ́λοις prostū́lois	προστῡ́λοις prostū́lois
Accusative		πρόστῡλον próstūlon	πρόστῡλον próstūlon		προστῡ́λω prostū́lō	προστῡ́λω prostū́lō		προστῡ́λους prostū́lous	πρόστῡλᾰ próstūlă
Vocative		πρόστῡλε próstūle	πρόστῡλον próstūlon		προστῡ́λω prostū́lō	προστῡ́λω prostū́lō		πρόστῡλοι próstūloi	πρόστῡλᾰ próstūlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		προστῡ́λως prostū́lōs			προστῡλότερος prostūlóteros			προστῡλότᾰτος prostūlótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: prostȳlos
  • Catalan: pròstil
  • English: prostyle
  • French: prostyle
  • → German: Prostylos
  • Italian: prostilo
  • → Polish: prostyl, prostylos
  • Spanish: próstilo
• →⇒ Latin: amphiprostȳlos (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• πρόστυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πρόστυλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πρόστυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press