στέλεχος

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word στέλεχος. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word στέλεχος, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say στέλεχος in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word στέλεχος you have here. The definition of the word στέλεχος will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofστέλεχος, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέλλω (stéllō, “prepare, furnish”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

στέλεχος • (stélekhos) n (genitive στελέχους); second declension

the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 10.115, (Compare Herodotus Histories 8.55)
1. a trunk, log
  - 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 336
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 1073.27
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.1.7
2. (figuratively) a blockhead
  - Lysippus 7

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στέλεχος; τοῦ στελέχους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στέλεχος tò stélekhos	τὼ στελέχει tṑ stelékhei	τᾰ̀ στελέχη tà stelékhē
Genitive	τοῦ στελέχους toû stelékhous	τοῖν στελεχοῖν toîn stelekhoîn	τῶν στελεχῶν tôn stelekhôn
Dative	τῷ στελέχει tôi stelékhei	τοῖν στελεχοῖν toîn stelekhoîn	τοῖς στελέχεσῐ / στελέχεσῐν toîs stelékhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ στέλεχος tò stélekhos	τὼ στελέχει tṑ stelékhei	τᾰ̀ στελέχη tà stelékhē
Vocative	στέλεχος stélekhos	στελέχει stelékhei	στελέχη stelékhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: στέλεχος (stélechos)

See also

Latin codex

Further reading

“στέλεχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
στέλεχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bole idem, page 88.
- root idem, page 721.
- stem idem, page 815.
- stock idem, page 818.
- stump idem, page 829.
- trunk idem, page 898.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στέλεχος (stélekhos).

Noun

στέλεχος • (stélechos) n (plural στελέχη)

official
counterfoil (of cheque etc)
(botany) stalk, stem

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	στέλεχος (stélechos)	στελέχη (steléchi)
genitive	στελέχους (steléchous)	στελεχών (stelechón)
accusative	στέλεχος (stélechos)	στελέχη (steléchi)
vocative	στέλεχος (stélechos)	στελέχη (steléchi)

Synonyms

(official): λειτουργός c (leitourgós, “public official”)
(official): αξιωματούχος m or f (axiomatoúchos, “official”)

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia