σταῖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σταίς (staís)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Proto-Indo-European root of Proto-Slavic *těsto (“dough”), Old Irish táis (“dough”) and Old English þǣsma (“leaven”), with an influence from στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stâi̯s/ → /stɛs/ → /stes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stâi̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stɛs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stɛs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stes/

Noun

σταῖς • (staîs) n (genitive σταιτός); third declension

1. dough made of spelt flour
2. dough (in general)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σταῖς; τοῦ σταιτός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σταῖς tò staîs	τὼ σταῖτε tṑ staîte	τᾰ̀ σταῖτᾰ tà staîta
Genitive	τοῦ σταιτός toû staitós	τοῖν σταιτοῖν toîn staitoîn	τῶν σταιτῶν tôn staitôn
Dative	τῷ σταιτῐ́ tôi staití	τοῖν σταιτοῖν toîn staitoîn	τοῖς σταισῐ́ / σταισῐ́ν toîs staisí(n)
Accusative	τὸ σταῖς tò staîs	τὼ σταῖτε tṑ staîte	τᾰ̀ σταῖτᾰ tà staîta
Vocative	σταῖς staîs	σταῖτε staîte	σταῖτᾰ staîta
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

• σταιτήϊα (staitḗïa)
• σταίτινος (staítinos)
• σταιτίον (staitíon)
• σταιτίτας (staitítas)
• σταιτώδης (staitṓdēs)

References

• “σταῖς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σταῖς 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