στοργή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέργω (stergō, to love)

Pronunciation

Noun

στοργή (genitive στοργῆς) f, first declension; (storgē)

  1. love, affection; especially of parents and children
    • Empedocles, 109.3
    • Antipho, Fragments, 73
    • Philemon, 200
    • Plutarch, 2.1100,D
    • Manetho, 4.378
    1. (rarely) sexual love
      • Palatine Anthology, 5, 166
      • Palatine Anthology, 5, 191
      • Palatine Anthology, 7, 476

Inflection

See also

  • φιλόστοργος

References

  • LSJ 8th edition

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Greek

Noun

στοργή (storgí) f,   uncountable

  1. deep love and affection, as of a mother for her child.

Declension

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