στήλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • στᾱ́λᾱ (stā́lā) – Doric
  • στᾱ́λλᾱ (stā́llā) – Aeolic
  • στήλλη (stḗllē) – later Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Could be from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-neh₂, from *stel- (related to στέλλω (stéllō, “I set, arrange”)), with similarities to Old High German stollo. Could instead be from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-sleh₂, from *steh₂- (related to ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”)).[1] Also compare στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στήλη • (stḗlē) f (genitive στήλης); first declension

  1. An upright stone or slab
  2. A post, a pillar, a column
  3. An engraved stone; a monument, particularly tombstones or boundary markers

Inflection
First declension of ἡ στήλη; τῆς στήλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στήλη
hē stḗlē		 τὼ στήλᾱ
tṑ stḗlā		 αἱ στῆλαι
hai stêlai
Genitive τῆς στήλης
tês stḗlēs		 τοῖν στήλαιν
toîn stḗlain		 τῶν στηλῶν
tôn stēlôn
Dative τῇ στήλῃ
têi stḗlēi		 τοῖν στήλαιν
toîn stḗlain		 ταῖς στήλαις
taîs stḗlais
Accusative τὴν στήλην
tḕn stḗlēn		 τὼ στήλᾱ
tṑ stḗlā		 τᾱ̀ς στήλᾱς
tā̀s stḗlās
Vocative στήλη
stḗlē		 στήλᾱ
stḗlā		 στῆλαι
stêlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. 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, page 1404

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

Noun

στήλη • (stíli) f (plural στήλες)

  1. (architecture) column, stele
  2. (chess) file

Declension
declension of στήλη
singular plural
nominative στήλη • στήλες •
genitive στήλης • στηλών •
accusative στήλη • στήλες •
vocative στήλη • στήλες •

Synonyms
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