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stega

1. twenty
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡa/, [ˈstɛ.ɡa]

stega f (genitive stegae); first declension

1. (nautical) The deck of a ship

First declension.

• stega in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

stega n

1. definite plural of steg

steg +‎ -a, used at least since 1655.

stega (present stegar, preterite stegade, supine stegat, imperative stega)

1. to pace, to measure the length by counting steps of a known length, e.g. one metre
2. to step, to walk, to pace (with indivial steps)

   Eleven stegade tvekande fram till svarta tavlan.

   The pupil hesitantly stepped up to the blackboard.

3. to step (an electric stepper relay or stepper motor)

• stegmotor
• stegning
• stegrelä
• stegräknare
• uppstegad

• stega in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• stega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

From Old Norse stigi.

stega m (definite singular stegan, dative steganom, plural stega, definite plural stegana)

1. ladder

• stegapigg (“rung”)
• stegatro (“beam”)