στοά, ᾶς, ἡ, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; also
στοιά (in
anapaestic verse) [
Refs 5th c.BC+], and in some dialect Inscrr, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
στωϊά [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
roofed colonnade, cloister, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II) at Athens,
II.1)
storehouse, magazine, especially for corn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the
court where the βασιλεύς sat, [
Refs]; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. βασιλική at Thera, [
Refs]
II.3) ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, see at {ποικίλος} 11.3: also ἡ σ. alone, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ, of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. [
Refs]. alone, the
Stoic school, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.4) of other porticoes, ἡ σ. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ μακρὰ σ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
long roof or
shed used in sieges, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]