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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from some extension of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare στῡ́ω (stū́ō, “to make stiff”).
See also Albanian shtyllë and Lithuanian stulpas (“pillar”), the Russian столб (stolb) and the Bulgarian стълб (stǎlb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stŷː.los/ → /ˈsty.los/ → /ˈsti.los/
Noun
στῦλος • (stûlos) m (genitive στῡ́λου); second declension
- pillar, column, support
460 BCE – 420 BCE,
Herodotus,
Histories 2.169.5:
- παστὰς λιθίνη μεγάλη καὶ ἠσκημένη στύλοισι τε φοίνικας τὰ δένδρεα
- pastàs lithínē megálē kaì ēskēménē stúloisi te phoínikas tà déndrea
- it is a great colonnade of stone, richly adorned, the pillars made in the form of palm trees
New Testament,
Revelation 10:1:
- καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς στύλοι πυρός
- kaì hoi pódes autoû hōs stúloi purós
- his feet like pillars of fire
- wooden pole
- stile
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- κῑ́ων (kī́ōn, “column,pillar”);
- στοᾱ́ (stoā́, “colonnade, portio, arcade”)
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