εστία
Appearance
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía).
Noun
[edit]εστία • (estía) f (plural εστίες)
- fireplace; hearth
- Synonym: τζάκι n (tzáki)
- permanent residence
- one's homeland
- dorm (student residence)
- goal (the part of a soccer field used for scoring goals)
- focus (of light, heat, pollution etc.)
- (geometry) focal point
- Στη γεωμετρία, την παραβολή έχει εστία, όπως έλλειψη ή υπερβολή.
- Sti geometría, tin paravolí échei estía, ópos élleipsi í ypervolí.
- In geometry, the parabola has a focus point, like an ellipse or a hyperbola.
- combustible part of an appliance, or where temperature is developed
- epicenter (of an earthquake)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | εστία (estía) | εστίες (estíes) |
| genitive | εστίας (estías) | εστιών (estión) |
| accusative | εστία (estía) | εστίες (estíes) |
| vocative | εστία (estía) | εστίες (estíes) |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- εστία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language