στέφανος
See also: Στέφανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στέφω (stéphō, “I encircle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sté.pʰa.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈste.pʰa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈste.ɸa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈste.fa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.fa.nos/
Noun
στέφᾰνος • (stéphanos) m (genitive στεφᾰ́νου); second declension
- That which encircles, surrounds
- crown, wreath, chaplet, especially the conqueror's wreath
- In general: any prize or honour
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ στέφᾰνος ho stéphanos |
τὼ στεφᾰ́νω tṑ stephánō |
οἱ στέφᾰνοι hoi stéphanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στεφᾰ́νου toû stephánou |
τοῖν στεφᾰ́νοιν toîn stephánoin |
τῶν στεφᾰ́νων tôn stephánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στεφᾰ́νῳ tôi stephánōi |
τοῖν στεφᾰ́νοιν toîn stephánoin |
τοῖς στεφᾰ́νοις toîs stephánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν στέφᾰνον tòn stéphanon |
τὼ στεφᾰ́νω tṑ stephánō |
τοὺς στεφᾰ́νους toùs stephánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στέφᾰνε stéphane |
στεφᾰ́νω stephánō |
στέφᾰνοι stéphanoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- διάδημα (diádēma)
Derived terms
- στεφάνιον (stephánion)
Further reading
- “στέφανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στέφανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- στέφανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4735 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.