στοναχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενάχω (stenákhō, “to groan, wail, sigh”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sto.na.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /sto.naˈçi/ → /sto.naˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sto.na.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sto.naˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sto.naˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sto.naˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sto.naˈçi/

Noun

στονᾰχή • (stonakhḗ) f (genitive στονᾰχῆς); first declension

1. (mostly in the plural) groaning, wailing, sighing

Declension

First declension of ἡ στονᾰχή; τῆς στονᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στονᾰχή hē stonakhḗ	τὼ στονᾰχᾱ́ tṑ stonakhā́	αἱ στονᾰχαί hai stonakhaí
Genitive	τῆς στονᾰχῆς tês stonakhês	τοῖν στονᾰχαῖν toîn stonakhaîn	τῶν στονᾰχῶν tôn stonakhôn
Dative	τῇ στονᾰχῇ têi stonakhêi	τοῖν στονᾰχαῖν toîn stonakhaîn	ταῖς στονᾰχαῖς taîs stonakhaîs
Accusative	τὴν στονᾰχήν tḕn stonakhḗn	τὼ στονᾰχᾱ́ tṑ stonakhā́	τᾱ̀ς στονᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s stonakhā́s
Vocative	στονᾰχή stonakhḗ	στονᾰχᾱ́ stonakhā́	στονᾰχαί stonakhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στοναχέω (stonakhéō)
• στοναχίζω (stonakhízō)

 

Further reading

• “στοναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στοναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “στοναχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• στοναχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στοναχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963