στύπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally connected with Old Norse stúfr (“tree stump”) and Latvian stups (“broom”). See Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-. According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is a good possibility due to the presence of the byform στύμος (stúmos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stý.pos/ → /ˈsty.pos/ → /ˈsti.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stý.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.pos/

Noun

στύπος • (stúpos) n (genitive στύπεος or στύπους); third declension

1. stem, stump, block

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῠ́πος tò stúpos	τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stúpei	τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tà stúpē
Genitive	τοῦ στῠ́πους toû stúpous	τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stupoîn	τῶν στῠπῶν tôn stupôn
Dative	τῷ στῠ́πει tôi stúpei	τοῖν στῠποῖν toîn stupoîn	τοῖς στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν toîs stúpesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῠ́πος tò stúpos	τὼ στῠ́πει tṑ stúpei	τᾰ̀ στῠ́πη tà stúpē
Vocative	στῠ́πος stúpos	στῠ́πει stúpei	στῠ́πη stúpē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ στῠ́πος; τοῦ στῠ́πους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	στῠ́πος stúpos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee	στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea
Genitive	στῠ́πεος / στῠ́πευς stúpeos / stúpeus	στῠπέοιν stupéoin	στῠπέων stupéōn
Dative	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεῐ̈ stúpei / stúpeï	στῠπέοιν stupéoin	στῠ́πεσῐ / στῠ́πεσῐν stúpesi(n)
Accusative	στῠ́πος stúpos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee	στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea
Vocative	στῠ́πος stúpos	στῠ́πει / στῠ́πεε stúpei / stúpee	στῠ́πεᾰ stúpea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of στῠ́πος; στῠ́πεος (Epic)

Synonyms

• κορμός (kormós)
• στέλεχος (stélekhos)

Derived terms

• στυπάζει (stupázei)
• στυπογλύφος (stupoglúphos)

References

• “στύπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στύπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN