στερέω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y- (“to steal, hide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ste.ré.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /steˈre.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /steˈre.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /steˈre.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /steˈre.o/
Verb
[edit]στερέω • (steréō)
- to deprive, bereave [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘something’]
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 862:
- γυνὴ γὰρ ἄνδρ’ ἕκαστον αἰῶνος στερεῖ
- gunḕ gàr ándr’ hékaston aiônos stereî
- each woman shall deprive her husband of his life
- γυνὴ γὰρ ἄνδρ’ ἕκαστον αἰῶνος στερεῖ
- to take away [(rarely) with accusative]
Usage notes
[edit]The uncompounded present is only attested in the first-person singular indicative active and third-person singular imperative active.
Inflection
[edit] Present: στερέω, στερέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐστέρεον, ἐστερεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐστέρεον | ἐστέρεες | ἐστέρεε(ν) | ἐστερέετον | ἐστερεέτην | ἐστερέομεν | ἐστερέετε | ἐστέρεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐστερεόμην | ἐστερέου | ἐστερέετο | ἐστερέεσθον | ἐστερεέσθην | ἐστερεόμεθᾰ | ἐστερέεσθε | ἐστερέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐστέρουν | ἐστέρεις | ἐστέρει | ἐστερεῖτον | ἐστερείτην | ἐστεροῦμεν | ἐστερεῖτε | ἐστέρουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐστερούμην | ἐστεροῦ | ἐστερεῖτο | ἐστερεῖσθον | ἐστερείσθην | ἐστερούμεθᾰ | ἐστερεῖσθε | ἐστεροῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐστέρεσᾰ, ἐστερεσᾰ́μην
Pluperfect: ἐστερήκειν, ἐστερήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐστερήκειν, ἐστερήκη |
ἐστερήκεις, ἐστερήκης |
ἐστερήκει(ν) | ἐστερήκετον | ἐστερηκέτην | ἐστερήκεμεν | ἐστερήκετε | ἐστερήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐστερήμην | ἐστέρησο | ἐστέρητο | ἐστέρησθον | ἐστερήσθην | ἐστερήμεθᾰ | ἐστέρησθε | ἐστέρηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ᾰ̓ποστερέω (aposteréō)
- ἀργῠροστερής (argurosterḗs)
- βῐοστερής (biosterḗs)
- Ἡλιοστερής (Hēliosterḗs)
- κᾰτᾰστερέω (katasteréō)
- ὁμμᾰτοστερής (hommatosterḗs)
- πᾰτροστερής (patrosterḗs)
- σῠστερέομαι (susteréomai)
Related terms
[edit]- στέρημᾰ (stérēma)
- στερήσῐμος (sterḗsimos)
- στέρησῐς (stérēsis)
- στερητέον (sterētéon)
- στερητῐκός (sterētikós)
- στερῐ́ζω (sterízō)
- στερῐ́σκω (sterískō)
- στέρομαι (stéromai)
Further reading
[edit]- “στερέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στερέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στερέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963