στήλη

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

στᾱ́λᾱ (stā́lā) — Doric
στᾱ́λλᾱ (stā́llā) — Aeolic
στήλλη (stḗllē) — later Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Could be from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-n-eh₂, from *stel- (related to στέλλω (stéllō, “I set, arrange”)), with similarities to Old High German stollo. Could instead be from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-sleh₂, from *steh₂- (related to ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”)). Also compare στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) and στάλιξ (stálix, “stake”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stɛ̌ː.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste̝.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.li/

Noun

στήλη • (stḗlē) f (genitive στήλης); first declension

block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall
block or slab used as a memorial, monument
gravestone, tombstone
monument inscribed with record of victories, dedications or votes of thanks
post placed on mortgage ground, as a record of the fact
boundary post
block of rock crystal, in which Ethiopian mummies were allegedly cased

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στήλη; τῆς στήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στήλη hē stḗlē	τὼ στήλᾱ tṑ stḗlā	αἱ στῆλαι hai stêlai
Genitive	τῆς στήλης tês stḗlēs	τοῖν στήλαιν toîn stḗlain	τῶν στηλῶν tôn stēlôn
Dative	τῇ στήλῃ têi stḗlēi	τοῖν στήλαιν toîn stḗlain	ταῖς στήλαις taîs stḗlais
Accusative	τὴν στήλην tḕn stḗlēn	τὼ στήλᾱ tṑ stḗlā	τᾱ̀ς στήλᾱς tā̀s stḗlās
Vocative	στήλη stḗlē	στήλᾱ stḗlā	στῆλαι stêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

στηλίδιον (stēlídion)
στηλίον (stēlíon)
στηλίς (stēlís)
στηλιτεύω (stēliteúō)
στηλίτης (stēlítēs)
στηλοβάτης (stēlobátēs)
στηλογραφέω (stēlographéō)
στηλοειδής (stēloeidḗs)
στηλοκοπέω (stēlokopéō)
στηλοῦχος (stēloûkhos)
στηλόω (stēlóō)
στηλύδριον (stēlúdrion)
στήλωμα (stḗlōma)
στήλωσις (stḗlōsis)

Descendants

→ English: stele (learned)
→ Greek: στήλη (stíli) (learned)
→ Latin: stēla
- → English: stela
- → Galician: estela (learned)
- → Polish: stela
- → Portuguese: estela (learned)

Further reading

“στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“στήλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
στήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
στήλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- block idem, page 84.
- column idem, page 144.
- gravestone idem, page 371.
- memorial idem, page 524.
- monument idem, page 539.
- pillar idem, page 613.
- post idem, page 629.
- slab idem, page 782.
- stone idem, page 819.
- table idem, page 851.
- tablet idem, page 851.
- tomb-stone idem, page 880.
- turning idem, page 902.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

Noun

στήλη • (stíli) f (plural στήλες)

(architecture) column, stele
(chess) file

Declension

declension of στήλη

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	στήλη •	στήλες •
genitive	στήλης •	στηλών •
accusative	στήλη •	στήλες •
vocative	στήλη •	στήλες •

Synonyms

κολώνα f (kolóna)

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