στελεά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στειλειή (steileiḗ), στελεόν (steleón), στελεός (steleós)

Etymology

The formation is similar to δωρεά (dōreá) and γενεά (geneá). The basis of this word may be related to Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “stem, shaft, stalk”) and English stalk, both from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“stalk, trunk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ste.le.ǎː/ → /ste.leˈa/ → /ste.leˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ste.le.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ste.leˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ste.leˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ste.leˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ste.leˈa/

Noun

στελεᾱ́ • (steleā́) f (genitive στελεᾶς); first declension

1. haft, shaft of an axe, hack, hammer

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στελεᾱ́; τῆς στελεᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στελεᾱ́ hē steleā́	τὼ στελεᾱ́ tṑ steleā́	αἱ στελεαί hai steleaí
Genitive	τῆς στελεᾶς tês steleâs	τοῖν στελεαῖν toîn steleaîn	τῶν στελεῶν tôn steleôn
Dative	τῇ στελεᾷ têi steleâi	τοῖν στελεαῖν toîn steleaîn	ταῖς στελεαῖς taîs steleaîs
Accusative	τὴν στελεᾱ́ν tḕn steleā́n	τὼ στελεᾱ́ tṑ steleā́	τᾱ̀ς στελεᾱ́ς tā̀s steleā́s
Vocative	στελεᾱ́ steleā́	στελεᾱ́ steleā́	στελεαί steleaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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