παστάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

For παραστάς (parastás, “anything standing beside”). The "inner room" and "bridal chambers" are via semantic contamination from παστός (pastós, “bridal chamber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pas.tás/ → /pasˈtas/ → /pasˈtas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pas.tás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/

Noun

παστᾰ́ς • (pastás) f (genitive παστᾰ́δος); third declension

1. porch in front of house
2. colonnade
3. part of house next to porch
4. inner room
5. bridal chamber

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ παστᾰ́ς; τῆς παστᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παστᾰ́ς hē pastás	τὼ παστᾰ́δε tṑ pastáde	αἱ παστᾰ́δες hai pastádes
Genitive	τῆς παστᾰ́δος tês pastádos	τοῖν παστᾰ́δοιν toîn pastádoin	τῶν παστᾰ́δων tôn pastádōn
Dative	τῇ παστᾰ́δῐ têi pastádi	τοῖν παστᾰ́δοιν toîn pastádoin	ταῖς παστᾰ́σῐ / παστᾰ́σῐν taîs pastási(n)
Accusative	τὴν παστᾰ́δᾰ tḕn pastáda	τὼ παστᾰ́δε tṑ pastáde	τᾱ̀ς παστᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s pastádas
Vocative	παστᾰ́ς pastás	παστᾰ́δε pastáde	παστᾰ́δες pastádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• παστός (pastós)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pas.tǎːs/ → /pasˈtas/ → /pasˈtas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pas.tǎːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pasˈtas/

Adjective

παστᾱ́ς • (pastā́s)

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Further reading

• “παστάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παστάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παστάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. feminine accusative plural of παστός (pastós)