stoa
Americannoun
plural
stoas, stoai, stoaenoun
Etymology
Origin of stoa
First recorded in 1595–1605, stoa is from the Greek word stoá
Example Sentences
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The Stoics were so named because Zeno instructed his students in the stoa poikile, or “painted porch” in the Athenian agora.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
An early terrace wall supports a precinct in which are a stoa and some remains of temples; these were excavated by the British School at Athens in 1894, but very little was found.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.
From Initiation into Philosophy by Faguet, Émile
Later on Ptolemy Philadelphus gave Athens the Ptolem�um near the Theseum, Attalus I the stoa north-east of the Agora, Eumenes II that near the great theatre, and Antiochus Epiphanes carried on the Olympieum.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The Stoics were so called, because their founder gave his lectures in the Athenian stoa, or porch, called “Pœ´cilê.”
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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