ἐλᾶαι στοιχάδες
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editLiterally “olive-trees [planted] in rows one behind another”.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.lâː.ai̯ stoi̯.kʰá.des/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈla.ɛ styˈkʰa.des/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈla.ɛ styˈxa.ðes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈla.e styˈxa.ðes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈla.e stiˈxa.ðes/
Noun
editἐλᾶαι στοιχᾰ́δες • (elâai stoikhádes) f pl (genitive ἐλᾱῶν στοιχᾰ́δων); first declension
- olive trees which are not sacred, in contrast with the ἐλαῖαι μορίαι (elaîai moríai)
- Philoch. 62
Declension
editSee the declensions of ἐλᾱ́ᾱ (elā́ā) and στοιχᾰ́ς (stoikhás).
References
edit- “στοιχάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press