στάδιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σπάδιον (spádion)

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, in reference to the fixed distance of the course.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στᾰ́δῐον • (stádion) n (genitive στᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (architecture) A 600-foot track for footraces and the surrounding stadium.
  2. (sports) A 600-foot footrace.
  3. (historical units of measure) A stade, a unit of distance based on the length of a racetrack, equal to 600 Greek feet (variously 150–210 m at different places and times).

Declension
Second declension of τὸ στᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ στᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ στᾰ́δῐον
tò stádion		 τὼ στᾰδῐ́ω
tṑ stadíō		 τᾰ̀ στᾰ́δῐᾰ
tà stádia
Genitive τοῦ στᾰδῐ́ου
toû stadíou		 τοῖν στᾰδῐ́οιν
toîn stadíoin		 τῶν στᾰδῐ́ων
tôn stadíōn
Dative τῷ στᾰδῐ́ῳ
tôi stadíōi		 τοῖν στᾰδῐ́οιν
toîn stadíoin		 τοῖς στᾰδῐ́οις
toîs stadíois
Accusative τὸ στᾰ́δῐον
tò stádion		 τὼ στᾰδῐ́ω
tṑ stadíō		 τᾰ̀ στᾰ́δῐᾰ
tà stádia
Vocative στᾰ́δῐον
stádion		 στᾰδῐ́ω
stadíō		 στᾰ́δῐᾰ
stádia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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