στοά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στοιᾱ́ (stoiā́)
• στωῐ̈ᾱ́ (stōïā́)

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *stōyyā́, from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂-w-ih₂, from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognates include Old English stōwian, stōw (English stow), Sanskrit स्थावर (sthāvará), Persian ستاوند (sotâvand), Lithuanian stovéti, stovà, Old Church Slavonic ставити (staviti). Compare ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sto.ǎː/ → /stoˈa/ → /stoˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sto.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stoˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stoˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stoˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stoˈa/

Noun

στοᾱ́ • (stoā́) f (genitive στοᾶς); first declension

1. roofed enclosure supported by pillars, portico, colonnade, piazza, arcade, cloister
2. various buildings supported by pillars, stoa
3. royal court

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στοᾱ́; τῆς στοᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στοᾱ́ hē stoā́	τὼ στοᾱ́ tṑ stoā́	αἱ στοαί hai stoaí
Genitive	τῆς στοᾶς tês stoâs	τοῖν στοαῖν toîn stoaîn	τῶν στοῶν tôn stoôn
Dative	τῇ στοᾷ têi stoâi	τοῖν στοαῖν toîn stoaîn	ταῖς στοαῖς taîs stoaîs
Accusative	τὴν στοᾱ́ν tḕn stoā́n	τὼ στοᾱ́ tṑ stoā́	τᾱ̀ς στοᾱ́ς tā̀s stoā́s
Vocative	στοᾱ́ stoā́	στοᾱ́ stoā́	στοαί stoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στωϊκός (stōïkós), Στωϊκός (Stōïkós)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: אסטוא
• → Coptic: ⲥⲧⲟⲁ (stoa)
• → English: stoa

References

• “στοά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στοά 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
• G4745 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.
  • cloister idem, page 138.
  • colonnade idem, page 143.
  • porch idem, page 627.
  • portico idem, page 627.
  • terrace idem, page 863.