# στήλη
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* στᾱ́λᾱ (stā́lā) — Doric
* στᾱ́λλᾱ (stā́llā) — Aeolic
* στήλλη (stḗllē) — later Greek

### Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-n-eh₂, from *stel- (“to put, place”) (related to στέλλω (stéllō, “I set, arrange”)), with similarities to Old High German stollo. Alternatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-sleh₂, from *steh₂- (“to stand”) (related to ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”)); this latter derivation is favored by Beekes. Also compare στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) and στάλιξ (stálix, “stake”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /ˈsti.li/ → /ˈsti.li/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /stɛ̌ː.lɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈste̝.le̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈsti.li/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈsti.li/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈsti.li/

### Noun

στήλη • (stḗlē) f (genitive στήλης); first declension
* block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall
* block or slab used as a memorial, monument
* gravestone, tombstone
* monument inscribed with record of victories, dedications or votes of thanks
* post placed on mortgage ground, as a record of the fact
* boundary post
* block of rock crystal, in which Ethiopian mummies were allegedly cased

#### Derived terms

* στηλίδιον (stēlídion)
* στηλίον (stēlíon)
* στηλίς (stēlís)
* στηλιτεύω (stēliteúō)
* στηλίτης (stēlítēs)
* στηλοβάτης (stēlobátēs)
* στηλογραφέω (stēlographéō)
* στηλοειδής (stēloeidḗs)
* στηλοκοπέω (stēlokopéō)
* στηλοῦχος (stēloûkhos)
* στηλόω (stēlóō)
* στηλύδριον (stēlúdrion)
* στήλωμα (stḗlōma)
* στήλωσις (stḗlōsis)

#### Descendants

* → English: stele (learned)
* → Greek: στήλη (stíli) (learned)
* → Italian: stele (learned)
* → Latin: stēla
** → English: stela
** → Galician: estela (learned)
** → Italian: stela
** → Polish: stela
** → Portuguese: estela (learned)
** → Spanish: estela

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στήλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1404

### Further reading

* “στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “στήλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* στήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* στήλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. block idem, page 84.column idem, page 144.gravestone idem, page 371.memorial idem, page 524.monument idem, page 539.pillar idem, page 613.post idem, page 629.slab idem, page 782.stone idem, page 819.table idem, page 851.tablet idem, page 851.tomb-stone idem, page 880.turning idem, page 902.
* Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

### Noun

στήλη • (stíli) f (plural στήλες)
* (architecture) column, stele
* (chess) file

#### Synonyms

* κολώνα f (kolóna)