στυλίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “-ite”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /styː.lǐː.tɛːs/ → /styˈli.tis/ → /stiˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /styː.lǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styˈli.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styˈli.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styˈli.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiˈli.tis/

Noun

στῡλῑ́της • (stūlī́tēs) m (genitive στῡλῑ́του); first declension

1. one standing or dwelling on a pillar, a stylite (Christian ascetic cloistered atop a pillar)

Declension

First declension of ὁ στῡλῑ́της; τοῦ στῡλῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στῡλῑ́της ho stūlī́tēs	τὼ στῡλῑ́τᾱ tṑ stūlī́tā	οἱ στῡλῖται hoi stūlîtai
Genitive	τοῦ στῡλῑ́του toû stūlī́tou	τοῖν στῡλῑ́ταιν toîn stūlī́tain	τῶν στῡλῑτῶν tôn stūlītôn
Dative	τῷ στῡλῑ́τῃ tôi stūlī́tēi	τοῖν στῡλῑ́ταιν toîn stūlī́tain	τοῖς στῡλῑ́ταις toîs stūlī́tais
Accusative	τὸν στῡλῑ́την tòn stūlī́tēn	τὼ στῡλῑ́τᾱ tṑ stūlī́tā	τοὺς στῡλῑ́τᾱς toùs stūlī́tās
Vocative	στῡλῖτᾰ stūlîta	στῡλῑ́τᾱ stūlī́tā	στῡλῖται stūlîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• (Christian ascetic cloistered atop a pillar): στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tissa) (feminine equivalent)

Descendants

• English: stylite
• Greek: στυλίτης (stylítis)
• Latin: stȳlītēs

References

• “στῡλίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στυλίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette