See also: στέρεος

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (strong, steady), the same root of Old English starian (to stare), Proto-Germanic *staraz (stiff), στεῖρος (steîros, barren, sterile), Tocharian B ścīre (hard; harsh (of words)). See also στηρῐ́ζω (stērízō, to support).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στερεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1400-1

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

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

Declension

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