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στέγω,
used by early writers mainly in present and imperfect: future στέξω uncertain conjecture in [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἔστεξα [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.12.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35, etc.:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, aorist ἐστέξατο conjecture for ἐδέξατο in [[“Anthologia Graeca” 13.27 (3rd c.BC: Phalaecus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— passive, aorist ἐστέχθην [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.117 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—cover closely, so as to keep a fluid either out or in, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 78a (of fire): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A keep out water, δόμος ἅλα στέγων a house that keeps out the sea, i.e. a good ship, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 135 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, νῆες οὐδὲν στέγουσαι] Refs 4th c.BC+] not water-tight, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.94; εὐνὰς τοιαύτας οἵας.. στέγειν.. ἱκανὰς εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e, compare “Ti.” 45c, “Cra.” 412d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ.. στεγούσῃ γῇ in the impervious earth, [[ [prev. author] “Criti.” 111d ] Refs]; συμμύει καὶ στέγει, of timber, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.4, compare 5.4.5; οἰκία στέγουσα “IG” 22.2498.23, compare 12(5).568.12 (Ceos, 5th-4th c.BC):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —so in middle, στέγετο.. ὄμβρους kept off the rain from himself, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεῦς οὐκ ἐστέξατο κῦμα [[“Anthologia Graeca” [prev. cited] (see. above); ταῦτα δὲ παρέξοντι οἰκοδομημένα καὶ στεγόμενα καὶ τεθυρωμένα “Tab.Heracl.” 1.142. ] Refs]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 of other things, fend off, repel, οὔτε οἱ πῖλοι ἔστεγον τὰ τοξεύματα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34; δόρυ πολέμιον στέγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 216 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στέγων γὰρ ἐχθροὺς θάνατον εἵλετ᾽[[ [prev. work] 1014; σ. τὰς πληγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295; στέγει ἡ σὰρξ τὸ προσπῖπτον θερμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 889a11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 later, bear up, sustain, support, ἡ θάλαττα.. σ. τὰ βάρη [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 217; σ. τὸν ὄροφον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.8.12; τοῦ κρυστάλλου στέγοντος τὰς διαβάσεις στρατοπέδων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.34 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; bear up against, endure, resist, τὴν ἐπιφοράν, ἔφοδον, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.2, 18.25.4, compare “SIG” 700.23 (Lete, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; σ. νόσον [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τὸ δυσῶδες 1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 2.4; τὰς ἐνδείας 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.526 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἡ ἀγάπη.. πάντα σ. [[ NT.1Cor.13.7, compare 9.12 ] NT]: absolutely, contain oneself, hold out, στέγειν, καρτερεῖν [[ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.30, cf. NT.1Thes.3.1, 5; ἔστεξα ἕως ἔλθῃς “POxy.” 1775.10 (4th c.AD) (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 11 στέξαντες is _falsa lectio_ for{στέρξαντες}). ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__B keep in, hold water, etc., δάκρυον ὄμματ᾽ οὐκέτι στέγει probably falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 888 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ στέγοντα πιμπλάναι I could not fill leaky vessels, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 899 ] Refs]; ὕδωρ σ., of a vessel, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621a: _metaphorically_, τὴν ψυχὴν κοσκίνῳ ἀπῄκασε.. τετρημένην, ἅτε οὐ δυναμένην στέγειν δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν καὶ λήθην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 493c; [ψυχὴν] στέγουσαν οὐδέν [prev. author] “Lg.” 714a; in [prev. author] “R.” 586b, τὸ στέγον ἑαυτῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] probably means the continent part of each man,[[compare στεγανός 11.4. ] Refs]
__B.II generally, contain, hold, ἄγγος σῶμα τοὐκείνου σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1118, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1412; ὄχλον σ. δῶμα [prev. author] “Hipp.” 843. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III shelter, protect, πύργοι πόλιν στέγουσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15 codices, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 797: _metaphorically_, ὅρκος σ. τὴν ὁμόνοιαν αὐτῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29 (conjecture)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ξύλον ἔστεξεν ἡ γῆ retained and cherished it, so that it struck root, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20, compare “Alex.” 35. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.III.2 conceal, keep hidden, κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1214; ἥξει.., κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 341 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί χρὴ στέγειν ἢ τί λέγει; [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 136 (Lyric poetry); τὸ γὰρ γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν σὺν γυναῖκα χρὴ στέγειν [prev. author] “fragment” 679; σ. τἀμὰ καὶ σ᾽ ἔπη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 273; στέξαι τὸ κριθέν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.8.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be kept secret, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ στεγοίμεθ᾽ let my counsel be kept secret by you, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 596. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV close up, in passive, τὰ τῶν ἀγγείων στόματα στεγόμενα [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.7 ] Refs 7th c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit sthagati 'cover, hide', Latin tego, Engl. thatch.)
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