This item formally agrees with Sanskrit स्तिया (stiyā, “stagnant water”), but the semantics are quite different. An intermediate meaning could be sought in Sanskrit स्त्यान (styāna, “curdled, thick”). Other possible cognates are Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”) and Proto-Slavic *stěna (“rock; lump”).
στία • (stía) f (genitive στίας); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ στῐ́ᾰ hē stĭ́ă |
τὼ στῐ́ᾱ tṑ stĭ́ā |
αἱ στῐ́αι hai stĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στῐ́ᾱς tês stĭ́ās |
τοῖν στῐ́αιν toîn stĭ́ain |
τῶν στῐῶν tôn stĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στῐ́ᾳ têi stĭ́āi |
τοῖν στῐ́αιν toîn stĭ́ain |
ταῖς στῐ́αις taîs stĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στῐ́ᾰν tḕn stĭ́ăn |
τὼ στῐ́ᾱ tṑ stĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς στῐ́ᾱς tā̀s stĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῐ́ᾰ stĭ́ă |
στῐ́ᾱ stĭ́ā |
στῐ́αι stĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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