στάμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ (“that which stands, stature”). Cognate with Latin stāmen (“warp of a loom; thread hanging from a distaff”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stám.nos/ → /ˈstam.nos/ → /ˈstam.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stám.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstam.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstam.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstam.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstam.nos/

Noun

στάμνος • (stámnos) m (genitive στάμνου); second declension

1. earthen jar
2. bottle for racking off wine

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στᾰ́μνος; τοῦ στᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στᾰ́μνος ho stắmnos	τὼ στᾰ́μνω tṑ stắmnō	οἱ στᾰ́μνοι hoi stắmnoi
Genitive	τοῦ στᾰ́μνου toû stắmnou	τοῖν στᾰ́μνοιν toîn stắmnoin	τῶν στᾰ́μνων tôn stắmnōn
Dative	τῷ στᾰ́μνῳ tôi stắmnōi	τοῖν στᾰ́μνοιν toîn stắmnoin	τοῖς στᾰ́μνοις toîs stắmnois
Accusative	τὸν στᾰ́μνον tòn stắmnon	τὼ στᾰ́μνω tṑ stắmnō	τοὺς στᾰ́μνους toùs stắmnous
Vocative	στᾰ́μνε stắmne	στᾰ́μνω stắmnō	στᾰ́μνοι stắmnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κατασταμνίζω (katastamnízō)
• σταμνίας (stamnías)
• σταμνίον (stamníon)
• σταμνίσκος (stamnískos)
• συνσταμνίζω (sunstamnízō)

Descendants

• → Albanian: shtamë
• → English: stamnos
• → Old Armenian: ստոման (stoman), ստուման (stuman), ստոմանի (stomani)
• → Old Georgian: სტამანი (sṭamani), სტომანი (sṭomani)
  • → Svan: სტამან (sṭaman), სტამა̄ნ (sṭamān)

Further reading

• “στάμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στάμνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette