στίβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στείβω (steíbō, “I tread on, stamp on”) +‎ -η (-ē). For the meaning, compare πάχνη (pákhnē, “hoarfrost, rime”) and πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I fasten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stǐː.bɛː/ → /ˈsti.βi/ → /ˈsti.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stǐː.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.vi/

Noun

στῑ́βη • (stī́bē) f (genitive στῑ́βης); first declension

1. hoarfrost, rime

   Synonym: πάχνη (pákhnē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στῑ́βη; τῆς στῑ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῑ́βη hē stī́bē	τὼ στῑ́βᾱ tṑ stī́bā	αἱ στῖβαι hai stîbai
Genitive	τῆς στῑ́βης tês stī́bēs	τοῖν στῑ́βαιν toîn stī́bain	τῶν στῑβῶν tôn stībôn
Dative	τῇ στῑ́βῃ têi stī́bēi	τοῖν στῑ́βαιν toîn stī́bain	ταῖς στῑ́βαις taîs stī́bais
Accusative	τὴν στῑ́βην tḕn stī́bēn	τὼ στῑ́βᾱ tṑ stī́bā	τᾱ̀ς στῑ́βᾱς tā̀s stī́bās
Vocative	στῑ́βη stī́bē	στῑ́βᾱ stī́bā	στῖβαι stîbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στιβήεις (stibḗeis)

References

• “στίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στίβη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• στίβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στίβη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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, →ISBN