στέγαστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέγω (stégō, “to cover”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sté.ɡas.tron/ → /ˈste.ɣas.tron/ → /ˈste.ɣas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sté.ɡas.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/

Noun

στέγᾰστρον • (stégăstron) n (genitive στεγᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. covering, cover, wrapper (especially of leather)
2. receptacle, place in which to hide or keep anything

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στέγᾰστρον; τοῦ στεγᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στέγᾰστρον tò stégăstron	τὼ στεγᾰ́στρω tṑ stegắstrō	τᾰ̀ στέγᾰστρᾰ tằ stégăstră
Genitive	τοῦ στεγᾰ́στρου toû stegắstrou	τοῖν στεγᾰ́στροιν toîn stegắstroin	τῶν στεγᾰ́στρων tôn stegắstrōn
Dative	τῷ στεγᾰ́στρῳ tôi stegắstrōi	τοῖν στεγᾰ́στροιν toîn stegắstroin	τοῖς στεγᾰ́στροις toîs stegắstrois
Accusative	τὸ στέγᾰστρον tò stégăstron	τὼ στεγᾰ́στρω tṑ stegắstrō	τᾰ̀ στέγᾰστρᾰ tằ stégăstră
Vocative	στέγᾰστρον stégăstron	στεγᾰ́στρω stegắstrō	στέγᾰστρᾰ stégăstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στεγαστρίς (stegastrís)

Descendants

• Greek: στέγαστρο (stégastro)

Further reading

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