Stagira

See also: Stagirą

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στάγειρα (Stágeira).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /staˈɡiː.ra/, [s̠t̪äˈɡiːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈd͡ʒi.ra/, [st̪äˈd͡ʒiːrä]

Proper noun

Stagīra n pl (genitive Stagīrōrum); second declension

1. a town of Macedonia and birthplace of Aristotle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Stagīra
Genitive	Stagīrōrum
Dative	Stagīrīs
Accusative	Stagīra
Ablative	Stagīrīs
Vocative	Stagīra
Locative	Stagīrīs

Related terms

• Stagīrītes

References

• “Stagira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Stageira”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Stagira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στάγειρα (Stágeira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈɡi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: Sta‧gi‧ra

Proper noun

Stagira f

1. Stagira (a town in Greece)

   Synonym: Stagejra

Declension

Declension of Stagira

	singular
nominative	Stagira
genitive	Stagiry
dative	Stagirze
accusative	Stagirę
instrumental	Stagirą
locative	Stagirze
vocative	Stagiro

Related terms

nouns

• Stagejra
• Stagiryta

 

Further reading

• Stagira in Polish dictionaries at PWN