Ancient Greek

Noun

στέλεχος • ‎(stélekhos) n ‎(genitive στελέχους); second declension

1. the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs
   • Pindar, Nemean Ode 10.115, (Compare Herodotus Histories 8.55)
   1. a trunk, log
      • Aristophanes, Lysistrata 336
      • Demosthenes 1073.27
      • Aristotle, History of Animals 6.1.7
   2. (figuratively) a blockhead
      • Lysippus 7

Inflection

See also

• Latin codex

References

• 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bole idem, page 88.
  • root idem, page 721.
  • stem idem, page 815.
  • stock idem, page 818.
  • stump idem, page 829.
  • trunk idem, page 898.
• LSJ 8th edition

Greek

Noun

στέλεχος • ‎(stélechos) n ‎(plural στελέχη)

1. official
2. counterfoil (of cheque etc)
3. (botany) stalk, stem

Declension

Synonyms

• (official): λειτουργός c ‎(leitourgós, “public official”)
• (official): αξιωματούχος m, f ‎(axiomatoúchos, “official”)