stasis
Meaninga standing still
Common meaning: stillness
- stasa standing; a settingLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 742 · scan
- isGreek noun ending marking an act or process
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek στάσις (ἵστημι) ‘a standing; a setting’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry στάσις (ἵστημι), p. 742 · dictionary scan
Roots
- στάσις (ἵστημι) Greek “a standing; a setting”
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