Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /his.tós/ → /isˈtos/ → /isˈtos/
Noun
ῐ̔στός • (histós) m (genitive ῐ̔στοῦ); second declension
- mast
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 15.289:
- ἱστὸν δ’ εἰλάτινον κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες
- històn d’ eilátinon koílēs éntosthe mesódmēs stêsan aeírantes
- The mast of fir they raised and set in the hollow socket.
- shinbone
- an (unknown) constellation
400 CE – 600 CE,
Aëtius,
Sixteen Books on Medicine 3.164
- (weaving) beam (of a loom; see usage notes)
- (weaving) loom
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 6.491:
- ἀλλ’ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ’ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε ἱστόν τ’ ἠλακάτην τε
- all’ eis oîkon ioûsa tà s’ autês érga kómize histón t’ ēlakátēn te
- Nay, go thou to the house and busy thyself with thine own tasks, the loom and the distaff.
- (weaving) web
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 3.125:
- τὴν δ’ εὗρ’ ἐν μεγάρῳ: ἣ δὲ μέγαν ἱστὸν ὕφαινε δίπλακα πορφυρέην
- tḕn d’ heûr’ en megárōi: hḕ dè mégan històn húphaine díplaka porphuréēn
- She found Helen in the hall, where she was weaving a great purple web of double fold.
Usage notes
Unlike modern looms, the beam of an Ancient Greek loom stood upright.
Inflection
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ὁ ῐ̔στός ho histós |
τὼ ῐ̔στώ tṑ histṓ |
οἱ ῐ̔στοί hoi histoí |
τοῦ ῐ̔στοῦ toû histoû |
τοῖν ῐ̔στοῖν toîn histoîn |
τῶν ῐ̔στῶν tôn histôn |
τῷ ῐ̔στῷ tôi histôi |
τοῖν ῐ̔στοῖν toîn histoîn |
τοῖς ῐ̔στοῖς toîs histoîs |
τὸν ῐ̔στόν tòn histón |
τὼ ῐ̔στώ tṑ histṓ |
τοὺς ῐ̔στούς toùs histoús |
ῐ̔στέ histé |
ῐ̔στώ histṓ |
ῐ̔στοί histoí |
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Derived terms
- ἱστίον (histíon)
- ἱστάριον (histárion)
- ἱστεών (histeṓn)
- ἱστοβοεύς (histoboeús)
- ἱστοδόκη (histodókē)
- ἱστοκεραία (histokeraía)
- ἱστοπέδη (histopédē)
- ἱστόποδες (histópodes)
- ἱστοποιΐα (histopoiḯa)
- ἱστοπόνος (histopónos)
- ἱστότονος (histótonos)
- ἱστουρψός (histourpsós)
Descendants
- English: histo-
- Greek: ιστός m (istós, “mast, loom, web”)
Further reading
- “ἱστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἱστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἱστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἱστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἱστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἱστός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.