Definitions for stoas

stoas sto·a

Spelling: [stoh-uh]
IPA: /ˈstoʊ ə/

Stoas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in stoas (aosst).

Definitions for stoas

noun

  1. Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.

Origin of stoas

First recorded in 1595-1605, stoa is from the Greek word stoá

Examples for stoas

From this stoa the school derived its name, the students being called the Stoics.

He is not to be found in the stoa or the Grove, with official aspect, expounding a system of doctrine.

“Had Chrysippus not been, the stoa had not been,” was a proverbial saying which testifies to his fame.

Pausanias 49 mentions such acroteria on the stoa Basileios on the agora of Athens.

"Had there been no Chrysippus, there had been no stoa," iii, 42.

None but they mingled in the assemblages of great men at the Pnyx or the stoa.

This portico was called a stoa basilica, and the first Roman Christian churches were built on that plan.

In the language of the stoa, "Nature" was a word of many meanings.

The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.

This portico became famous in Athens, and was called (stoa)—-the Porch.

Word Value for stoas
Scrable

4

Words with friends

4

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