στέλεχος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From στέλλω (stéllō, “prepare, furnish”).
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sté.le.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈste.le.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈste.le.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈste.le.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.le.xos/
Noun
[edit]στέλεχος • (stélekhos) n (genitive στελέχους); second declension
- the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs
- a trunk, log
- (figuratively) a blockhead
- Lysippus 7
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ στέλεχος tò stélekhos |
τὼ στελέχει tṑ stelékhei |
τᾰ̀ στελέχη tà stelékhē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στελέχους toû stelékhous |
τοῖν στελεχοῖν toîn stelekhoîn |
τῶν στελεχῶν tôn stelekhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στελέχει tôi stelékhei |
τοῖν στελεχοῖν toîn stelekhoîn |
τοῖς στελέχεσῐ / στελέχεσῐν toîs stelékhesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ στέλεχος tò stélekhos |
τὼ στελέχει tṑ stelékhei |
τᾰ̀ στελέχη tà stelékhē | ||||||||||
Vocative | στέλεχος stélekhos |
στελέχει stelékhei |
στελέχη stelékhē | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: στέλεχος (stélechos)
See also
[edit]- Latin codex
Further reading
[edit]- “στέλεχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στέλεχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek στέλεχος (stélekhos).
Noun
[edit]στέλεχος • (stélechos) n (plural στελέχη)
- official
- counterfoil (of cheque etc)
- (botany) stalk, stem
Declension
[edit]Declension of στέλεχος
Synonyms
[edit]- (official): λειτουργός c (leitourgós, “public official”)
- (official): αξιωματούχος m or f (axiomatoúchos, “official”)
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