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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στάγειρα (Stágeira).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Stagīra n pl (genitive Stagīrōrum); second declension
- a town of Macedonia and birthplace of Aristotle
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
References
- “Stagira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Stageira”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Stagira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στάγειρα (Stágeira).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staˈɡi.ra/
- Rhymes: -ira
- Syllabification: Sta‧gi‧ra
Proper noun
Stagira f
- Stagira (a town in Greece)
- Synonym: Stagejra
Declension
Further reading
- Stagira in Polish dictionaries at PWN