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στῆθος
στῆθος
See also: στήθος
Ancient Greek
Noun
στῆθος • (stêthos) n (genitive στήθεος or στήθους); third declension
- chest, breast (often as the seat of emotions, passion)
- The ball of the foot or hand
- A breast shaped hill or mound
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στῆθος | τὼ στήθεε | τᾰ̀ στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στήθεος | τοῖν στηθέοιν | τῶν στηθέων | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στήθεῐ̈ | τοῖν στηθέοιν | τοῖς στήθεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στῆθος | τὼ στήθεε | τᾰ̀ στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῆθος | στήθεε | στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στῆθος | τὼ στήθει | τᾰ̀ στήθη | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στήθους | τοῖν στηθοῖν | τῶν στηθῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στήθει | τοῖν στηθοῖν | τοῖς στήθεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στῆθος | τὼ στήθει | τᾰ̀ στήθη | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῆθος | στήθει | στήθη | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Third declension of στῆθος; στήθεος (Uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | στῆθος | στήθεε | στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Genitive | στήθεος | στηθέοιν | στηθέων | ||||||||||
| Dative | στήθεῐ̈ | στηθέοιν | στήθεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | στῆθος | στήθεε | στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῆθος | στήθεε | στήθεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Third declension of στῆθος; στήθους (Contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | στῆθος | στήθει | στήθη | ||||||||||
| Genitive | στήθους | στηθοῖν | στηθῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | στήθει | στηθοῖν | στήθεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | στῆθος | στήθει | στήθη | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῆθος | στήθει | στήθη | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- English: stetho- (stetho-)
References
- στῆθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «στῆθος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- «στῆθος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “G4738”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.