στοά,ᾶς,ἡ, SIG 29 (Attic, found at Delphi,vi/v B.C.), al., IG 12.115.7 , al.; alsoστοιά(in anapaest. verse) Ar. Ec. 676 , 684 , 686 , and in some dialect Inscrr., IG 12(3).170.22 (Astypalaea), 42(1).115.20 (prob., Epid.,iv/iii B.C.),Ρ̓χ. Ἐφ. 1913.227 (Lesbos);στωϊά
Inscr.Magn. 67.6 (Cnossian decree,iii/ii B.C.), IG 12(2).14.2 , al. (Mytil.):—
A. roofed colonnade, cloister, Hdt. 3.52 , Th. 4.90 , 8.90 , X. HG 5.2.29 , 7.4.31 , Ev.Jo. 10.23 , CPHerm. 94.3
(iii A.D.), etc.
II. at Athens,
1. storehouse, magazine, esp. for corn, Ar. Ach. 548 ; στοιὰ ἀλφιτόπωλις
Id. Ec. 686
, cf. 14 .
2. ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειοςthecourtwhere theβασιλεύςsat, ib. 684 ;ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως ς. Pl. Tht. 210d , cf. Euthphr. 2a , Paus. 1.3.1 , 1.14.6 , Poll. 8.86 ;ς. βασιλικήat Thera, IG 12(3).326.19 .
3. ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, v. ποικίλος
11.3 : alsoἡ ς. alone, And. 1.85 ; soοἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ς., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), Placit. 1.5.1 , S.E. M. 9.11 , Gal. 10.15 , etc.;οἱ ἐκ τῆς ς. Id. 18(1).259 : alsoἡ Σ. alone, theStoic school, Phld. Rh. 2.68S.