στέγη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέγω (stégō, “to cover”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sté.ɡɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ʝi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ʝi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ʝi/

Noun

στέγη • (stégē) f (genitive στέγης); first declension

roof, ceiling
shelter
(by extension) roofed place, chamber, room
(by extension) storey of a house
(by extension) house, dwelling
(by extension) deck of a ship

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στέγη; τῆς στέγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στέγη hē stégē	τὼ στέγᾱ tṑ stégā	αἱ στέγαι hai stégai
Genitive	τῆς στέγης tês stégēs	τοῖν στέγαιν toîn stégain	τῶν στεγῶν tôn stegôn
Dative	τῇ στέγῃ têi stégēi	τοῖν στέγαιν toîn stégain	ταῖς στέγαις taîs stégais
Accusative	τὴν στέγην tḕn stégēn	τὼ στέγᾱ tṑ stégā	τᾱ̀ς στέγᾱς tā̀s stégās
Vocative	στέγη stégē	στέγᾱ stégā	στέγαι stégai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

στέγος (stégos)

Descendants

Greek: στέγη (stégi)
→ Latin: stega

Further reading

“στέγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
στέγη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G4721 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- apartment idem, page 33.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- house idem, page 408.
- room idem, page 721.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).

Noun

στέγη • (stégi) f (plural στέγες)

roof (of house, etc)
(figuratively) house

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	στέγη (stégi)	στέγες (stéges)
genitive	στέγης (stégis)	στεγών (stegón)
accusative	στέγη (stégi)	στέγες (stéges)
vocative	στέγη (stégi)	στέγες (stéges)

Synonyms

σκεπή f (skepí)

Further reading

στέγη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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