σταμίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στᾰμῑ́ν (stamī́n)

Etymology

Formation like γλωχίς (glōkhís), ἑρμίς (hermís), ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) and ὠδίς (ōdís). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), the same root of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) and στάμνος (stámnos, “jar”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.mǐːs/ → /staˈmis/ → /staˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.mǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /staˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /staˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /staˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /staˈmis/

Noun

στᾰμῑ́ς • (stamī́s) m (genitive στᾰμῖνος); third declension

1. (in the plural) ribs or frame-timbers of a ship, which stand up from the keel

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ στᾰμῑ́ς; τοῦ στᾰμῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στᾰμῑ́ς ho stamī́s	τὼ στᾰμῖνε tṑ stamîne	οἱ στᾰμῖνες hoi stamînes
Genitive	τοῦ στᾰμῖνος toû stamînos	τοῖν στᾰμῑ́νοιν toîn stamī́noin	τῶν στᾰμῑ́νων tôn stamī́nōn
Dative	τῷ στᾰμῖνῐ tôi stamîni	τοῖν στᾰμῑ́νοιν toîn stamī́noin	τοῖς στᾰμῖσῐ / στᾰμῖσῐν toîs stamîsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν στᾰμῖνᾰ tòn stamîna	τὼ στᾰμῖνε tṑ stamîne	τοὺς στᾰμῖνᾰς toùs stamînas
Vocative	στᾰμῑ́ς stamī́s	στᾰμῖνε stamîne	στᾰμῖνες stamînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σταμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σταμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σταμίς 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