στοά

στοά, ᾶς, ἡ, SIG 29 (Attic, found at Delphi, vi/v B.C.), al., IG 12.115.7, al.; also στοιά (in anapaest. verse) Ar. Ec. 676,684,686, and in some dialect Inscrr., IG 12(3).170.22 (Astypalaea), 42(1).115.20 (prob., Epid., iv/iii B.C.), Ἀρχ. Ἐφ.1913.227 (Lesbos); στωϊά Inscr.Magn. 67.6 (Cnossian decree, iii/ii B.C.), IG 12(2).14.2, al. (Mytil.):—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 II.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.