στέγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover). Cognate with Latin tego (I cover), German Decke (roof), English thatch.[1]

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    Noun

    στέγος • (stégosn (genitive στέγους or στέγεος); third declension

    1. roof
    2. house, mansion
    3. urn, grave
    4. brothel

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    Descendants

    • Translingual: Stegosaurus

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1393:DER > paragraph 1, line 1 > στέγος [n.] 'roof, house'

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