στέγ-η,
Dor. and Aeol. στέγα, ἡ, roof, A. Ag. 897, Hdt. 6.27, X. Mem. 3.8.9, [Mar 2:4], etc.; παρέχειν τινὶ ς . give one shelter, Arist. Fr. 631; στέγῃ δέχεσθαί τινας OGI 665.25 (Egypt, i A.D. ).
2. ceiling, Alc. 15, Call. Iamb. 1.115 ( Hermes 69.169).
II roofed place, chamber, room, Hdt. 2.2, 148, 175, Eup. 347, X. Oec. 8.13, etc.; covered vestibule, IG 22.1046.13; ἕρκειος ς ., of a tent, S. Aj. 108; a hare’s seat or form, Id. Fr. 174; ἐκ κατώρυχος ς ., of the grave, Id. Ant. 1100, cf. 888 .
2. storey of a house, PStrassb. 110.6 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 766.4 (iii B.C.), etc.; ἡ ἀνωτάτη ς . Str. 15.3.7; αἱ στέγαι 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.) .
3. freq. in pl., house, dwelling, A. Ag. 3, 518, al.; κατὰ στέγας at home, S. OT 637, al.; ἐπελεῦσαι τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐπὶ στέγαν to the man’s house, Leg.Gort. 3.46, cf. Schwyzer 177.3 (Crete, v B.C. ).
III deck of a ship, in Lat. stega, Plaut. Bacch. 278, Stich. 413.
G4721 — στέγη
στεγης, ἡ (στέγω to cover), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, a roof: of a house, [Mar 2:4]; ἐισέρχεσθαι ὑπό τήν στέγην τίνος (see εἰσέρχομαι, 1, p. 187{b} bottom), [Mat 8:8]; [Luk 7:6].
στέγη , - ης , ἡ ( < στέγω ),
[in LXX : [Gen 8:13] (H4374), etc.;]
a roof: [Mar 2:4]; of entering a house, εἰσέρχεσθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σ ., [Mat 8:8], [Luk 7:6] ( cf. MM , xxiii). †