στόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stónos (whence also Proto-Slavic *stonъ (“moan, groan”)), from *sten- (“to moan, groan”). By surface analysis, στένω (sténō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stó.nos/ → /ˈsto.nos/ → /ˈsto.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stó.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.nos/

Noun

στόνος • (stónos) m (genitive στόνου); second declension

1. sighing, groaning, lamentation

Declension

Second declension of ὁ στόνος; τοῦ στόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στόνος ho stónos	τὼ στόνω tṑ stónō	οἱ στόνοι hoi stónoi
Genitive	τοῦ στόνου toû stónou	τοῖν στόνοιν toîn stónoin	τῶν στόνων tôn stónōn
Dative	τῷ στόνῳ tôi stónōi	τοῖν στόνοιν toîn stónoin	τοῖς στόνοις toîs stónois
Accusative	τὸν στόνον tòn stónon	τὼ στόνω tṑ stónō	τοὺς στόνους toùs stónous
Vocative	στόνε stóne	στόνω stónō	στόνοι stónoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στονόεις (stonóeis)

Further reading

• “στόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• στόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “στόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • complaint idem, page 151.
  • grief idem, page 373.
  • groan idem, page 374.
  • lamentation idem, page 474.
  • moan idem, page 537.
  • plaint idem, page 617.
  • sigh idem, page 774.
  • wail idem, page 959.