- στέατος
- στέαρ, στέατοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `(standing) fat, tallow' (opposite πιμελή), also `dough' = σταῖς (Od., Hp., X., Arist. etc.).Other forms: (disyllabic φ 178 = 183), hell. pap. a. o. στῆτος with nom. στῆρ.Derivatives: Dimin. στεάτ-ιον n. (Alex., Paul. Aeg.), -ώδης `tallowy' (Hp., Arist. a. o.), -ινος `of tallow, of dough' (Aesop.), -ωμα n. `tallow formation, fat-tumour' with -ωμάτιον n. (medic.), -ῖται πλακοῦντες H. as expl. of πίονες; -όομαι `to be tallowed' (LXX), `to suffer from a fat-tumour' (Hippiatr.); also στε-άζω `to tallow' (Al.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1010] *steh₂i̯-r̥Etymology: Old formation like πῖαρ, οὖθαρ a.o. (Schwyzer 518, Benveniste Origines 19, 27 a. 169); without immediate agreement outside Greek. Can stand for *στῆι̯αρ, -στᾱι̯αρ (from which with metathesis στέᾱρ [LSJ Add. et Corr. s. v.]), which makes connection with Av. stā(y)- m. `heap, mass' possible (but instr. pl. stāiš). To this with zero grade Skt. stī-má- `slow' of waters, in antevoc. position sty-āna- `curdled, fixed, stiff', prob. also stíyāḥ nom. pl. approx. `standing waters' (opposite síndhavaḥ `rivers'; RV) etc.; s. στία. -- Not here σταῖς (s. v.) and ἀγχιστῖνος (s. ἄγχι).Page in Frisk: 2,779-780
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.