στίβος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στίβος (stíbos, “trodden path, track”) with semantic loan from English track (path or course laid out for a race).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]στίβος • (stívos) m (plural στίβοι)
- athletics track
- (sports, by extension) athletics, track and field
- (figuratively) arena, field (a realm in which events take place)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στίβος (stívos) | στίβοι (stívoi) |
| genitive | στίβου (stívou) | στίβων (stívon) |
| accusative | στίβο (stívo) | στίβους (stívous) |
| vocative | στίβε (stíve) | στίβοι (stívoi) |
References
[edit]- ^ στίβος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
στίβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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