στοά

A. roofed colonnade, cloister, Hdt. 3.52, Th. 4.90,8.90, X. HG 5.2.29, 7.4.31, Ev.Jo. 10.23, CPHerm. 94.3 (iii A.D.), etc.

II. at Athens,

1. storehouse, magazine, esp. for corn, Ar. Ach. 548; στοιὰ ἀλφιτόπωλις Id. Ec. 686, cf. 14.

2. ἡ στοιὰ ἡ βασίλειος the court where the βασιλεύς sat, ib.684; ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως ς. Pl. Tht. 210d, cf. Euthphr. 2a, Paus. 1.3.1, 1.14.6, Poll. 8.86; ς. βασιλική at Thera, IG 12(3).326.19.

3. ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, v. ποικίλος 11.3: also ἡ ς. alone, And. 1.85; so οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ς., of the Stoics (since Zeno taught there), Placit. 1.5.1, S.E. M. 9.11, Gal. 10.15, etc.; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ς. Id. 18(1).259: also ἡ Σ. alone, the Stoic school, Phld. Rh. 2.68S.

4. of other porticoes, ἡ ς. ἡ τῶν Ἑρμῶν Aeschin. 3.183; ἡ μακρὰ ς. D. 34.37; ἡ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου ς. Pl. Thg. 121a.

III. long roof or shed used in sieges, SIG 569.36 (Halasarna, iii B.C.), Plb. 1.48.2:—gallery, communication trench, whether above ground or excavated, Ph. Bel. 83.32, 85.10, 91.31.