στοργή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stor.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /storˈʝi/ → /storˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stor.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /storˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /storˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /storˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /storˈʝi/

Noun

στοργή • (storgḗ) f (genitive στοργῆς); first declension

1. love, affection; especially of parents and children
   • 490 BCE – 430 BCE, Empedocles, Collected Works 109.3
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Fragments 73
   • 362 BCE – 262 BCE, Philemon, Collected Works 200
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.1100D
   • Manetho 4.378
   1. (rarely) sexual love
      • Palatine Anthology, 5 166
      • Palatine Anthology, 5 191
      • Palatine Anthology, 7 476

Declension

First declension of ἡ στοργή; τῆς στοργῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στοργή hē storgḗ	τὼ στοργᾱ́ tṑ storgā́	αἱ στοργαί hai storgaí
Genitive	τῆς στοργῆς tês storgês	τοῖν στοργαῖν toîn storgaîn	τῶν στοργῶν tôn storgôn
Dative	τῇ στοργῇ tēî storgēî	τοῖν στοργαῖν toîn storgaîn	ταῖς στοργαῖς taîs storgaîs
Accusative	τὴν στοργήν tḕn storgḗn	τὼ στοργᾱ́ tṑ storgā́	τᾱ̀ς στοργᾱ́ς tā̀s storgā́s
Vocative	στοργή storgḗ	στοργᾱ́ storgā́	στοργαί storgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φιλόστοργος (philóstorgos)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: στοργή (storgḗ)

Further reading

• “στοργή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στοργή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /storˈʝi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

στοργή • (storgí) f (uncountable)

1. deep love and affection, as of a mother for her child.

Declension

Declension of στοργή

	singular
nominative	στοργή (storgí)
genitive	στοργής (storgís)
accusative	στοργή (storgí)
vocative	στοργή (storgí)

Related terms

• άστοργος (ástorgos, “unloving”, adjective)
• αφιλόστοργος (afilóstorgos, “unloving”, adjective)
• στοργικός (storgikós, “loving”, adjective)
• φιλόστοργος (filóstorgos, “loving”, adjective)

Further reading

• “στοργή”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language