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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta.ɡó.na/ → /staˈɣo.na/ → /staˈɣo.na/
Noun
στᾰγόνᾰ • (stăgónă) f
- accusative singular of στᾰγών (stăgṓn)
Greek
Etymology
From the singular accusative σταγόνα of Ancient Greek σταγών (stagṓn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staˈɣona/
- Hyphenation: στα‧γό‧να
Noun
σταγόνα • (stagóna) f (plural σταγόνες)
- drop, blob
- σταγόνα βροχής (raindrop)
Declension
Declension of σταγόνα
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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σταγόνα (stagóna)
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σταγόνες (stagónes)
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| genitive
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σταγόνας (stagónas)
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σταγόνων (stagónon)
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| accusative
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σταγόνα (stagóna)
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σταγόνες (stagónes)
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| vocative
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σταγόνα (stagóna)
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σταγόνες (stagónes)
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Derived terms
- αιμοσταγής (aimostagís, “blood-dripping”)
- απεσταγμένος (apestagménos, “distilled”, participle)
- απόσταγμα n (apóstagma, “essence, extract”)
- αποστάζω (apostázo, “distil”)
- απόσταξη f (apóstaxi, “distillation”)
- αποστακτήρας f (apostaktíras, “still”)
- αποστακτήριο n (apostaktírio, “distillery”)
- ροδόσταγμα n (rodóstagma, “rosewater”)
- σταγονίδιο n (stagonídio, “droplet”) (diminutive form)
- στάγμα n (stágma, “drop; extract”) (formal)
- σταγονομετρικός (stagonometrikós, “of dropper”)
- σταγονόμετρο n (stagonómetro, “dropper”)
- στάζω (stázo, “drip, leak”)