στοιβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στείβω (steíbō, “to tread, stamp”) +‎ -η (-ē). The "cushion" and "padding" senses are from the custom of filling pillows and mattresses using shrub leaves.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stoi̯.bɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styˈbe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styˈβi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styˈvi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiˈvi/

Noun

στοιβή • (stoibḗ) f (genitive στοιβῆς); first declension

thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)
Synonym: κολῠμβᾰ́ς (kolŭmbắs)
cushion, pad
padding, stuffing
(architecture) foundation-course below stylobate
sheaf, shock, heap of corn

Declension

First declension of ἡ στοιβή; τῆς στοιβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στοιβή hē stoibḗ	τὼ στοιβᾱ́ tṑ stoibā́	αἱ στοιβαί hai stoibaí
Genitive	τῆς στοιβῆς tês stoibês	τοῖν στοιβαῖν toîn stoibaîn	τῶν στοιβῶν tôn stoibôn
Dative	τῇ στοιβῇ tēî stoibēî	τοῖν στοιβαῖν toîn stoibaîn	ταῖς στοιβαῖς taîs stoibaîs
Accusative	τὴν στοιβήν tḕn stoibḗn	τὼ στοιβᾱ́ tṑ stoibā́	τᾱ̀ς στοιβᾱ́ς tā̀s stoibā́s
Vocative	στοιβή stoibḗ	στοιβᾱ́ stoibā́	στοιβαί stoibaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

στοιβάζω (stoibázō)
στοιβασία (stoibasía)
στοιβάσιμος (stoibásimos)
στοίβασις (stoíbasis)
στοιβαστής (stoibastḗs)
στοιβαστός (stoibastós)
στοιβηδόν (stoibēdón)
στοιβίον (stoibíon)
στοιβοειδής (stoiboeidḗs)

Descendants

→ Latin: stoebē
- → Translingual: Stoebe

References

^ 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: “DER > στοιβή [f.] 'stuffing, cushion, bulge, etc.'; often as a plant name 'Poterium spinosum', the leaves of which were used for stuffing”