στέγα

A. roof, A. Ag. 897, Hdt. 6.27, X. Mem. 3.8.9, Ev.Marc. 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.