στρεβλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (to twist), which στρέφω (stréphō, to twist) is also often derived from. However, due to the irregular correspondence of β (/b/) with φ (/pʰ/) and the connection with words like στρόβιλος (stróbilos, fir-cone) and στρόμβος (strómbos, spinning top) (whose suffix -ιλ- (-il-) seems to be indicative of a substrate), Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin for both στρεβλός (streblós) and στρέφω (stréphō).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

στρεβλός • (streblósm (feminine στρεβλή, neuter στρεβλόν); first/second declension

  1. twisted, crooked, awry
  2. knit, wrinkled (of the brows)
  3. crooked, cunning
  4. perverse, froward

Inflection

Derived terms

  • στρέβλευμα (strébleuma)
  • στρέβλη (stréblē)
  • στρεβλοτήριος (streblotḗrios)
  • στρεβλότης (streblótēs)
  • στρεβλόω (streblóō)
  • στρέβλωμα (stréblōma)
  • στρέβλωσις (stréblōsis)

Descendants

  • Translingual: Streblus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στρεβλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1412

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