LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

stīria1

stīria f (genitive stīriae)
Classical[ˈstiː.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈstiː.ri.a]

Meaning

  1. icicle, ice drop, hoarfrost
    […] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,[…] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.366–367

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Gutta · Stilla · Stiria

Gutta is a natural, stilla (στίλη, σταλάξαι), an artificial measured drop. Further, the principal notion in gutta is that of smallness, hence guttatim means drop by drop; whereas in stilla the principal notion is that of humidity, hence stillatim means trickling or dripping. Stilla means a liquid; stiria (στερεά) a frozen drop. (iii. 4.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestīriastīriae
genitivestīriaestīriārum
dativestīriaestīriīs
accusativestīriamstīriās
ablativestīriāstīriīs
vocativestīriastīriae

stīrĭa, ae, f. cf. stilla; Engl. tear,
I. a frozen drop; an ice-drop, ice-drop, icicle (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 3, 366; so too Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 124; Mart. 7, 37, 5; Claud. B. Get. 327; Tert. Pall. 4.

Origins

Unknown. Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). If so, possibly cognate with sterilis, strēnuus. See also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Latin torpeō, Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).

Descendants
  • Englishstiria
  • Sicilianstizza

In English words that came into English from stīria

  • stiriastīria
  • stiriatedstīria
proper noun · femininefirst declension
Stiria2
Stiria f sg (genitive Stiriae)

Meaning

  1. femininesingularAn island situated west of Cyprus

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeStiria—
genitiveStiriae—
dativeStiriae—
accusativeStiriam—
ablativeStiriā—
vocativeStiria—

Stĭrĭa, ae, f.,
I. an island near the coast of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.

Quick answers

What does stīria mean in Latin?
stīria, a noun, means “icicle, ice drop, hoarfrost”.
What is the genitive of stīria?
The genitive singular is stīriae. stīria is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce stīria?
In classical Latin, [ˈstiː.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstiː.ri.a].