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|Definition=Dor. and Aeol. [[στέγα]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[roof]], A.''Ag.''897, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.27, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.8.9, ''Ev.Marc.''2.4, etc.; <b class="b3">παρέχειν τινὶ σ.</b> give one [[shelter]], Arist.''Fr.''631; στέγῃ δέχεσθαί τινας ''OGI''665.25 (Egypt, i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ceiling]], Alc.15, Call.''Iamb.''1.115 (''Hermes'' 69.169).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[roofed place]], [[chamber]], [[room]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2, 148,175, Eup.347, X.''Oec.''8.13, etc.; [[covered vestibule]], IG22.1046.13; <b class="b3">ἕρκειος σ.</b>, of a [[tent]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''108; a hare's [[seat]] or [[form]], Id.''Fr.''174; <b class="b3">ἐκ κατώρυχος σ.</b>, of the grave, Id.''Ant.''1100, cf. 888.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[storey]] of a house, ''PStrassb.''110.6 (iii B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.''766.4 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀνωτάτη σ.</b> Str.15.3.7; <b class="b3">αἱ στέγαι</b> the upper [[storeys]], PPetr.2p.28 (iii B.C.), cf. ''SIG''344.16 (Teos, iv B.C.), ''IG''42(1).102.293 (Epid., iv B.C.), ''PLond.''3.1164f28 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> freq. in plural, [[house]], [[dwelling]], A.''Ag.''3,518, al.; <b class="b3">κατὰ στέγας</b> at [[home]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''637, al.; <b class="b3">ἐπελεῦσαι τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐπὶ στέγαν</b> to the man's [[house]], Leg.Gort.3.46, cf. ''Schwyzer'' 177.3 (Crete, v B.C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[deck of a ship]], in Lat. [[stega]], Plaut.''Bacch.''278, ''Stich.''413.