στοιβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στείβω (steíbō, “to tread, stamp”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stoi̯.bɛ̌ː/ → /styˈβi/ → /stiˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stoi̯.bɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styˈbe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiˈvi/

Noun

στοιβή • (stoibḗ) f (genitive στοιβῆς); first declension

1. thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)

   Synonym: κολῠμβᾰ́ς (kolŭmbắs)

2. cushion, pad
3. padding, stuffing
4. (architecture) foundation-course below stylobate
5. sheaf, shock, heap of corn

Declension

First declension of ἡ στοιβή; τῆς στοιβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στοιβή hē stoibḗ	τὼ στοιβᾱ́ tṑ stoibā́	αἱ στοιβαί hai stoibaí
Genitive	τῆς στοιβῆς tês stoibês	τοῖν στοιβαῖν toîn stoibaîn	τῶν στοιβῶν tôn stoibôn
Dative	τῇ στοιβῇ têi stoibêi	τοῖν στοιβαῖν toîn stoibaîn	ταῖς στοιβαῖς taîs stoibaîs
Accusative	τὴν στοιβήν tḕn stoibḗn	τὼ στοιβᾱ́ tṑ stoibā́	τᾱ̀ς στοιβᾱ́ς tā̀s stoibā́s
Vocative	στοιβή stoibḗ	στοιβᾱ́ stoibā́	στοιβαί stoibaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στοιβάζω (stoibázō)
• στοιβασία (stoibasía)
• στοιβάσιμος (stoibásimos)
• στοίβασις (stoíbasis)
• στοιβαστής (stoibastḗs)
• στοιβαστός (stoibastós)
• στοιβηδόν (stoibēdón)
• στοιβίον (stoibíon)
• στοιβοειδής (stoiboeidḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: stoebē
  • → Translingual: Stoebe

Further reading

• “στοιβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στοιβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στοιβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette