See also: στέρεος

Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (strong, steady), the same root of Old English starian (to stare), Proto-Germanic *staraz (stiff), and στεῖρος (steîros, barren, sterile).

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Adjective edit

στερεός (stereósm (feminine στερεᾱ́, neuter στερεόν); first/second declension

  1. firm, solid, rigid
    Synonym: στρῐφνός (striphnós)
  2. standard, of full value (of money)
  3. (figuratively) stiff, stubborn
  4. hard, stubborn, cruel
  5. solid, cubic (of bodies and quantities)

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Descendants edit

  • Greek: στερεός (stereós)
  • English: stereo-

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Greek edit

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (stiff). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus, sterilis, strēnuus, stīria. See also Old English steorfan (to die), Latin torpeō, Lithuanian tirpstu (to become rigid), and Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).

Adjective edit

στερεός (stereósm (feminine στερεή or στερεά, neuter στερεό)

  1. firm, solid (of foundations, bodies etc)

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