στῆθος

See also: στήθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe related to στήνιον (stḗnion) and Old Armenian ստին (stin, “breast”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stɛ̂ː.tʰos/ → /ˈsti.θos/ → /ˈsti.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stɛ̂ː.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste̝.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.θos/

Noun

στῆθος • (stêthos) n (genitive στήθεος or στήθους); third declension

1. chest, breast (often as the seat of emotions, passion)
2. The ball of the foot or hand
3. A breast shaped hill or mound

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῆθος; τοῦ στήθους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῆθος tò stêthos	τὼ στήθει tṑ stḗthei	τᾰ̀ στήθη tà stḗthē
Genitive	τοῦ στήθους toû stḗthous	τοῖν στηθοῖν toîn stēthoîn	τῶν στηθῶν tôn stēthôn
Dative	τῷ στήθει tôi stḗthei	τοῖν στηθοῖν toîn stēthoîn	τοῖς στήθεσῐ / στήθεσῐν toîs stḗthesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῆθος tò stêthos	τὼ στήθει tṑ stḗthei	τᾰ̀ στήθη tà stḗthē
Vocative	στῆθος stêthos	στήθει stḗthei	στήθη stḗthē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of στῆθος; στήθεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	στῆθος stêthos	στήθει / στήθεε stḗthei / stḗthee	στήθεᾰ stḗthea
Genitive	στήθεος / στήθευς stḗtheos / stḗtheus	στηθέοιν stēthéoin	στηθέων / στήθεσφι / στήθεσφιν stēthéōn / stḗthesphi(n)
Dative	στήθει / στήθεῐ̈ stḗthei / stḗtheï	στηθέοιν stēthéoin	στήθεσῐ / στήθεσῐν stḗthesi(n)
Accusative	στῆθος stêthos	στήθει / στήθεε stḗthei / stḗthee	στήθεᾰ stḗthea
Vocative	στῆθος stêthos	στήθει / στήθεε stḗthei / stḗthee	στήθεᾰ stḗthea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• στηθαῖον (stēthaîon)
• στηθίδιον (stēthídion)
• στηθικός (stēthikós)
• στηθίον (stēthíon)
• στηθιστήρ (stēthistḗr)
• στηθόδεσμος (stēthódesmos)

Descendants

• → English: stetho-
• Greek: στήθος (stíthos)

Further reading

• “στῆθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στῆθος 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
• στῆθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4738 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.
  • bosom idem, page 90.
  • breast idem, page 96.
  • chest idem, page 129.