στεγ-άζω,
={στέγω}, cover, ἀσπίδες στεγάζουσι τὰ σώματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ στεγάζον, of the body which covers the soul, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.21U., compare pp.8,20 U. (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; roof a building, [[ “IG” 22.1046.16 (1st c.BC), LXX.2Ch.34.11; [περιστάσεις] σ. γείσεσιν λιθίνοις “OGI” 483.126 (Pergam., 2nd c.AD)] LXX+1st c.BC+]: metaphorically, στεγάσαι φρενὸς εἴσω [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕπνος σ. τινά covers, embraces, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 781 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, στεγάζεσθαι τῇ γῇ [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.12.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλοῖον ἐστεγασμένον a decked vessel, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα στεγασθῇ (i.e. τὰ χώματα) be rendered water-tight, [[ “PSI” 5.486.10 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; [οἰκία] ἐστεγασμένη roofed, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 251.7 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]