στέξαι

στέγω

cover closely: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

στέγω

cover closely: aor inf act

στέξαῑ, στέγω

cover closely: aor opt act 3rd sg

στέγω, used by early writers mainly in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.: [tense] fut. στέξω dub. cj. in D.S.11.29: [tense] aor.

A

ἔστεξα Plb.8.12.5

, Plu.Alex.35, etc.:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor. ἐστέξατο cj. for ἐδέξατο in AP13.27 (Phal.):— [voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐστέχθην Simp. in Epict.p.117

D.:—cover closely, so as to keep a fluid either out or in, Pl.Ti. 78a (of fire):

A keep out water, δόμος ἅλα στέγων a house that keeps out the sea, i.e. a good ship, A.Supp. 135 (lyr.): abs., νῆες οὐδὲν στέγουσαι not water-tight, Th.2.94;

εὐνὰς τοιαύτας οἵας.. στέγειν.. ἱκανὰς εἶναι Pl.R. 415e

, cf. Ti. 45c, Cra. 412d; τῇ.. στεγούσῃ γῇ in the impervious earth, Id.Criti. 111d; συμμύει καὶ στέγει, of timber, Thphr.HP5.7.4, cf. 5.4.5;

οἰκία στέγουσα IG22.2498.23

, cf. 12(5).568.12 (Ceos, v/iv B.C.):—so in [voice] Med., στέγετο.. ὄμβρους kept off the rain from himself, Pi.P.4.81; νεῦς οὐκ ἐστέξατο κῦμα APl.c. (v. supr.);

ταῦτα δὲ παρέξοντι οἰκοδομημένα καὶ στεγόμενα καὶ τεθυρωμένα Tab.Heracl.1.142

.

2 of other things, fend off, repel,

οὔτε οἱ πῖλοι ἔστεγον τὰ τοξεύματα Th.4.34

;

δόρυ πολέμιον στέγειν A.Th. 216

; στέγων γὰρ ἐχθροὺς θάνατον εἵλετ' ib. 1014;

σ. τὰς πληγάς Ar.V. 1295

;

στέγει ἡ σὰρξ τὸ προσπῖπτον θερμόν Arist. Pr. 889a11

.

3 later, bear up, sustain, support,

ἡ θάλαττα.. σ. τὰ βάρη Id.Fr. 217

;

σ. τὸν ὄροφον J.AJ5.8.12

;

τοῦ κρυστάλλου στέγοντος τὰς διαβάσεις στρατοπέδων D.S.3.34

; bear up against, endure, resist, τὴν ἐπιφοράν, ἔφοδον, Plb.3.53.2, 18.25.4, cf. SIG700.23 (Lete, ii B.C.);

σ. νόσον AP11.340

(Pall.);

τὸ δυσῶδες Memn.2.4

;

τὰς ἐνδείας Ph.2.526

; ἡ ἀγάπη.. πάντα ς. 1 Ep.Cor.13.7, cf. 9.12: abs., contain oneself, hold out,

στέγειν, καρτερεῖν Lyr.Alex.Adesp.1.30

, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.3.1,5;

ἔστεξα ἕως ἔλθῃς POxy.1775.10

(iv A.D.) (in S.OT 11 στέξαντες is f.l. for στέρξαντες).

B keep in, hold water, etc., δάκρυον ὄμματ' οὐκέτι στέγει prob.f.l. in E.IA 888 (troch.); οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ στέγοντα πιμπλάναι I could not fill leaky vessels, Id.Fr. 899; ὕδωρ ς., of a vessel, Pl.R. 621a: metaph.,

τὴν ψυχὴν κοσκίνῳ ἀπῄκασε.. τετρημένην, ἅτε οὐ δυναμένην στέγειν δι' ἀπιστίαν καὶ λήθην Pl.Grg. 493c

; [

ψυχὴν] στέγουσαν οὐδέν Id.Lg. 714a

; in Id.R. 586b, τὸ στέγον ἑαυτῶν prob. means the continent part of each man, cf.

στεγανός 11.4

.

II generally, contain, hold, ἄγγος σῶμα τοὐκείνου ς. S.El. 1118, cf. E. Ion 1412;

ὄχλον σ. δῶμα Id.Hipp. 843

.

III shelter, protect,

πύργοι πόλιν στέγουσιν S.OC15

codd., cf. A.Th. 797: metaph.,

ὅρκος σ. τὴν ὁμόνοιαν αὐτῶν D.S.11.29

(cj.); τὸ ξύλον ἔστεξεν ἡ γῆ retained and cherished it, so that it struck root, Plu. Rom.20, cf. Alex.35.

2 conceal, keep hidden,

κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ E.Ph. 1214

;

ἥξει.., κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω S.OT 341

; τί χρὴ στέγειν ἢ τί λέγειν; Id.Ph. 136 (lyr.);

τὸ γὰρ γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν σὺν γυναῖκα χρὴ στέγειν Id.Fr. 679

;

σ. τἀμὰ καὶ σ' ἔπη E.El. 273

;

στέξαι τὸ κριθέν Plb.4.8.2

:—[voice] Pass., to be kept secret, Th.6.72; παρ' ὑμῶν εὖ στεγοίμεθ' let my counsel be kept secret by you, S.Tr. 596.

IV close up, in [voice] Pass.,

τὰ τῶν ἀγγείων στόματα στεγόμενα Paul.Aeg.6.7

. (Cf. Skt. sthagati 'cover, hide', Lat. tego, Engl. thatch.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to cover, to defend, to avert, to keep closed, to bear, to sustain' (posthom.).

Other forms: also aor. στέξαι (Plb. a. o.), στεχθῆναι (VI^p).

Compounds: Also w. ἀπο- a. o.

Derivatives: 1. στεγ-νός `covered, waterproof, clogged' (Ion., E., X. etc.) with - νότης f. `thickness, stoppage' (Hp.), - νόω ( ἀπο- a. o.) `to thicken, to stop', - νωσις f., - νωτικός (hell. a. lat). 2. - ανός `covered, covering, watertight, occluding, occluded' (Att.) with - ανότης f. (Eust.), - ανόω `to cover' (hell. a. late), - ανώματα τὰ ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις, οἱ λεγόμενοι σύνδεσμοι H.; - άνη f. `cover' (AP); - ανίσαι (cod. - ῆ-) στέγῃ ὑποδεχθῆναι H. 3. στεκτικός `for keeping shut against the water' (Pl. a. o.; Chantraine Études 135 a. 137). 4. στέγωσις f. (: *στεγόω) `the roofing' (pap. III^p; cf. στέγ-νωσις, - ασ(σ)ις). -- Beside it στέγνη, Dor. Aeol. -α f. `roof, cope, covered place, house, room' (Alc., Gortyn, IA.). As 1. element in στέγ-αρχος m. `house-master' (Hdt. a.o.); often as 2. element, e.g. ὑπό-στεγος `under a roof, covered' (Emp., Pl., S. a. o.). Also στέγος n. `roof, house' (trag., also hell. a. late prose); as 2. element adapted to στέγω (cf. Schwyzer 513) οὑρανο-στεγής `bearing the sky' (A. Fr. 312 = 619 M. [not with v. Wilam. to be changed in οὑρανο\<ῦ\> στέγηι]). From στέγη ( στέγος): 1. στεγ-ύλλιον n. `hut' = `workshop' (Herod.); 2. ῖτις f. = πόρνη (Poll., H.); 3. - άζω, - άσαι, also w. ἀπο-, κατα- a. o., `to cover, to roof' (IA. a. o.) with - ασ(σ)ις, - αξις ( ἀπο-) f. `the covering' (Epid., Delos IV--II<sup>a</sup>- a. o.; Schwyzer 271, Chantraine Form. 281), - ασμα ( ἀπο-, κατα-, προ-) n. `cover, cope' (Pl., X. etc.), - αστήρ m. `coverer, tile' (Poll., H. as expl. of σωλήν), - αστρίς f. `covering, cope' (Hdt. a. o.), - αστρον n. `covering, cope, container' (A., Antiph. a. o.). -- Also τέγος n. = στέγος (Od.; not trag.) with τέγ-εοι ( θάλαμοι Z 248, δόμοι Emp. 142) meaning not quite clear: `under a roof' (= `upstairs'), roofed'; cf. Schmid - εος a. - ειος 39; - ίδιον n. des. of a female garment (Tanagra a. pap. III^a); quite isolated τέγη f. = τέγος (Vett. Val., H.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1013f] * (s)teg- `cover, roof'.

Etymology: With the primary themat. root present στέγω, beside which appear only late incidental non-present forms (for these στεγ-άσαι etc.), agrees Skt. sthagati `cover, conceal', which is however attested only in gramm. (Dhatup.) and by the unpalatalised g makes the impression of an innovation (beside sthagayati); cf. also below). Beside this stands in Latin the s-less tegō, aor. tēxī `cover etc.' (old athemat. presenf? Ernout-Meillet s.v.). Also for τέγος there is outside Greek an agreement, i. e. in. Celt., e.g. OIr. tech `house', IE *tégos- n. The well adapted στέγη might also, though in this form isolated, be inherited from IE. (original root noun ? Ernout-Meillet l. c.). Further the Greek forms can be explained as newly created derivations of a very lively root. We may still mention (for Greek unimportant): Lat. (with old lenghtened grade resp o-ablaut) tēgula, toga; to this as innovation tēctum (Gr. *στεκτός ghostword!); Germ., e.g. OHG dah n. `roof' (IE * togo-m), to which (as denominative or iterative) decchen ' decken'; Balt., e.g. Lith. stógas m. `roof' (IE * stogo-with Kortlandt's law). Further forms w. lit. in Bq, WP. 2, 620f., Pok. 1013f., W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. tegō; also Fraenkel s. stíegti o n supp. Lith. *stė́gti. For non-IE. origin of Skt. sthagayati Kuiper Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 249. -- Lat. LW [loanword] stega `cover' (from στέγη), segestre, - rum, tegestrum `cover from skin' (from στέγαστρον).

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στέγω aor. inf. στέξαι (Sir 8:17) (Aeschyl. et al.; ins, pap; freq. in the sense of covering or enclosing in such a way as to keep someth. undesirable from coming in, as water into a ship)

① to keep confidential, cover, pass over in silence (Eur., Electra 273 τἀμὰ ἔπη; Thu. 6, 72, 5; Polyb. 8, 14, 5 τὸν λόγον; Sir 8:17; Jos., Vi. 225; Field, Notes 177f), so perh. ἡ ἀγάπη πάντα στέγει 1 Cor 13:7 of love that throws a cloak of silence over what is displeasing in another person (Harnack, SBBerlAk 1911, 147; but s. 2).

② to bear up against difficulties, bear, stand, endure (Aeschyl. et al.; Polyb.; Diod S; Plut.; SIG 700, 23; Philo, In Flacc. 64 στέγειν τὰς ἐνδείας) τὶ someth. πάντα 1 Cor 9:12; perh. (s. 1) 13:7 (GWhitaker, ‘Love Springs No Leak’: Exp. 8th ser., 21, 1921, 126ff). Abs. (PGrenf I, 1, 18 [II B.C.]; POxy 1775, 10 καὶ ἔστεξα, ἕως ἔλθῃς) μηκέτι στέγων since I could not bear it any longer 1 Th 3:5; cp. vs. 1.—B. 849. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq.