στύπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally connected with Old Norse stúfr (“tree stump”) and Latvian stups (“broom”). See Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-. According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is a good possibility due to the presence of the byform στύμος (stúmos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stý.pos/ → /ˈsty.pos/ → /ˈsti.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stý.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.pos/

Noun

στύπος • (stúpos) n (genitive στύπεος or στύπους); third declension

1. stem, stump, block

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῠ́πος; τοῦ στῠ́πους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῠ́πος tò stŭ́pos	τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stŭ́pei	τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tằ stŭ́pē
Genitive	τοῦ στῠ́πους toû stŭ́pous	τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stŭpoîn	τῶν στῠπῶν tôn stŭpôn
Dative	τῷ στῠ́πει tôi stŭ́pei	τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stŭpoîn	τοῖς στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν toîs stŭ́pesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῠ́πος tò stŭ́pos	τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stŭ́pei	τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tằ stŭ́pē
Vocative	στῠ́πος stŭ́pos	στῠ́πει stŭ́pei	στῠ́πη stŭ́pē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of στῠ́πος; στῠ́πεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	στῠ́πος stŭ́pos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stŭ́pei / stŭ́pee	στῠ́πεᾰ stŭ́peă
Genitive	στῠ́πεος / στῠ́πευς stŭ́peos / stŭ́peus	στῠπέοιν stŭpéoin	στῠπέων stŭpéōn
Dative	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεῐ̈ stŭ́pei / stŭ́peĭ̈	στῠπέοιν stŭpéoin	στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν stŭ́pesĭ(n)
Accusative	στῠ́πος stŭ́pos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stŭ́pei / stŭ́pee	στῠ́πεᾰ stŭ́peă
Vocative	στῠ́πος stŭ́pos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stŭ́pei / stŭ́pee	στῠ́πεᾰ stŭ́peă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• κορμός (kormós)
• στέλεχος (stélekhos)

Derived terms

• στυπάζει (stupázei)
• στυπογλύφος (stupoglúphos)

References

• “στύπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στύπος 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