στερέω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y- (to steal, hide).

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Verb[edit]

στερέω (steréō)

  1. (with accusative of person, genitive of thing) to deprive, bereave
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.262:
      οὕνεκά με στερέσαι τῆς ληΐδος ἤθελε
      hoúneká me sterésai tês lēḯdos ḗthele
      because he wanted to rob me of the spoils
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 862:
      γυνὴ γὰρ ἄνδρ’ ἕκαστον αἰῶνος στερεῖ
      gunḕ gàr ándr’ hékaston aiônos stereî
      each woman shall deprive her husband of his life
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 8.27:
      χρυσέων δ’ Αἴας στερηθεὶς ὅπλων φόνῳ πάλαισεν.
      khruséōn d’ Aías sterētheìs hóplōn phónōi pálaisen.
      Ajax, robbed of the golden armor, wrestled with death.
  2. (rarely with accusative) to take away

Usage notes[edit]

The uncompounded present is only attested in the first-person singular indicative active and third-person singular imperative active.

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