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stoa en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂-w-ih₂ Proto-Hellenic *stōyyā́ Ancient Greek στοά (stoá)lbor. English stoa Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).

Meanings

  1. In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
    • They could not vote, attend the theater, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stoas Number=Plur lexicographic
stoai Number=Plur lexicographic
stoae Number=Plur lexicographic
stoæ Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

stoic

Synonyms

porch

Translations (5)

fi stoa (Translations) · cop ⲥⲧⲟⲁ (Translations) · bn রোয়াক (Translations) · pt pórtico (Translations) · grc στοά (Translations)