στλεγγίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- στεγγίς (stengís)
- στελγίς (stelgís)
- στελεγγίς (stelengís)
- στεργίς (stergís)
- στλιγγίς (stlingís)
- στρεγγίς (strengís)
Etymology
A loanword from an unknown source. The variants could point to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stleŋ.ɡís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stleŋˈɡis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stleɲˈɟis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stleɲˈɟis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stleɲˈɟis/
Noun
στλεγγῐ́ς • (stlengĭ́s) f (genitive στλεγγῐ́δος); third declension
- A scraper to remove oil and dirt from the skin, strigil
- Synonym: ξύστρα (xústra)
- A sort of tiara overlaid with metal
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ στλεγγῐ́ς hē stlengĭ́s |
τὼ στλεγγῐ́δε tṑ stlengĭ́de |
αἱ στλεγγῐ́δες hai stlengĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στλεγγῐ́δος tês stlengĭ́dos |
τοῖν στλεγγῐ́δοιν toîn stlengĭ́doin |
τῶν στλεγγῐ́δων tôn stlengĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στλεγγῐ́δῐ tēî stlengĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν στλεγγῐ́δοιν toîn stlengĭ́doin |
ταῖς στλεγγῐ́σῐ / στλεγγῐ́σῐν taîs stlengĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στλεγγῐ́δᾰ tḕn stlengĭ́dă |
τὼ στλεγγῐ́δε tṑ stlengĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς στλεγγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s stlengĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στλεγγῐ́ς stlengĭ́s |
στλεγγῐ́δε stlengĭ́de |
στλεγγῐ́δες stlengĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στλεγγίδιον (stlengídion)
- στλεγγιδολήκυθος (stlengidolḗkuthos)
- στλεγγιδοποιός (stlengidopoiós)
- στλεγγίζω (stlengízō)
- στλεγγίον (stlengíon)
- στλέγγισμα (stléngisma)
- στλέγγιστρον (stléngistron)
Descendants
- Greek: στλεγγίδα (stlengída)
Further reading
- “στλεγγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στλεγγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN