στείβω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyb- (to get stiff, fix). Cognate with Old Armenian ստէպ (stēp, speed, haste) and Lithuanian sti̇́ebas (mast-tree, pillar, stalk), stáibis (lower shank, supporting post), staibùs (courageous, strong). Note semantic and phonetic similarities with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (stem, stalk), Latin stīpō (to crowd, cram), which stem from Proto-Indo-European *steybʰ- and *steyp- respectively.[1]

Stems: στει- στι- and στοι- (see Derivatives and Related terms).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

στείβω • (steíbō)

  1. to tread on, stamp on
    • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.534:
      στείβοντες νέκυάς τε καὶ ἀσπίδας
      steíbontes nékuás te kaì aspídas
      trampling on both the dead and the shields
    • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.92:
      στεῖβον δ’ ἐν βόθροισι θοῶς
      steîbon d’ en bóthroisi thoôs
      briskly they trod on them in the trenches
  2. (with cognate accusative) to walk on a path
    • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 865:
      εἴ τις ἔβλαψεν ποδὶ στείβων ἀνοσίῳ
      eí tis éblapsen podì steíbōn anosíōi
      if someone has harmed the path by treading with unholy foot
    • (absolute) I tread
    • h.Hom. 19.4:
      αἵ τε κατ’ αἰγίλιπος πέτρης στείβουσι κάρηνα
      haí te kat’ aigílipos pétrēs steíbousi kárēna
      who tread on sheer edges of cliffs

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀναστείβω (anasteíbō)
  • ἀποστῐβής (apostĭbḗs)
  • ἀστῐβής (astĭbḗs)
  • διαστείβω (diasteíbō)
  • ἐπιστείβω (episteíbō)
  • εὐστῐβής (eustĭbḗs)
  • Ἡλιοστῐβής (Hēliostĭbḗs)
  • θεοστῐβής (theostĭbḗs)
  • καταστείβω (katasteíbō)
  • μονοστῐβής (monostĭbḗs)
  • νῐφοστῐβής (nĭphostĭbḗs)
  • Πεδοστῐβής (Pedostĭbḗs)
  • πλᾰνοστῐβής (plănostĭbḗs)
  • χθονοστῐβής (khthonostĭbḗs)

Descendants

  • Greek: στείβω (steívo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στείβω”, 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

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στείβω (steíbō). See Etymology at στύβω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstivo/ (for all spellings)
  • Hyphenation: στεί‧βω στύ‧βω στί‧βω

Verb

στείβω • (steívo) (past έστειψα, passive στείβομαι)

  1. alternative form of στύβω (stývo) (linguistically informed spelling)
    See notes at στύβω.

Conjugation