στέφανος

See also: Στέφανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέφω (stéphō, “I encircle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sté.pʰa.nos/ → /ˈste.ɸa.nos/ → /ˈste.fa.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sté.pʰa.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste.pʰa.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɸa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈste.fa.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈste.fa.nos/

Noun

στέφᾰνος • (stéphanos) m (genitive στεφᾰ́νου); second declension

1. that which encircles, surrounds
2. crown, wreath, chaplet, especially the conqueror's wreath
3. in general: any prize or honour

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στέφᾰνος; τοῦ στεφᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στέφᾰνος ho stéphanos	τὼ στεφᾰ́νω tṑ stephánō	οἱ στέφᾰνοι hoi stéphanoi
Genitive	τοῦ στεφᾰ́νου toû stephánou	τοῖν στεφᾰ́νοιν toîn stephánoin	τῶν στεφᾰ́νων tôn stephánōn
Dative	τῷ στεφᾰ́νῳ tôi stephánōi	τοῖν στεφᾰ́νοιν toîn stephánoin	τοῖς στεφᾰ́νοις toîs stephánois
Accusative	τὸν στέφᾰνον tòn stéphanon	τὼ στεφᾰ́νω tṑ stephánō	τοὺς στεφᾰ́νους toùs stephánous
Vocative	στέφᾰνε stéphane	στεφᾰ́νω stephánō	στέφᾰνοι stéphanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• διάδημα (diádēma)

Derived terms

• στεφανόω (stephanóō)
• στεφᾰ́νῐον (stephánion)
• χρῡσοστέφᾰνος (khrūsostéphanos)

 

Descendants

• > Greek: στέφανο (stéfano) (inherited)
• → Greek: στέφανος (stéfanos) (learned)

Further reading

• “στέφανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στέφανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• στέφανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4735 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • band idem, page 60.
  • bunch idem, page 104.
  • chaplet idem, page 124.
  • crown idem, page 186.
  • decoration idem, page 202.
  • fillet idem, page 320.
  • garland idem, page 354.
  • palm idem, page 590.
  • ribbon idem, page 712.
  • wreath idem, page 992.