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

 

• IPA^(key): /stleŋ.ɡís/ → /stleɲˈɟis/ → /stleɲˈɟis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stleŋ.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stleŋˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stleɲˈɟis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stleɲˈɟis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stleɲˈɟis/

Noun

στλεγγῐ́ς • (stlengís) f (genitive στλεγγῐ́δος); third declension

1. A scraper to remove oil and dirt from the skin, strigil

   Synonym: ξύστρα (xústra)

2. A sort of tiara overlaid with metal

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στλεγγῐ́ς; τῆς στλεγγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στλεγγῐ́ς hē stlengís	τὼ στλεγγῐ́δε tṑ stlengíde	αἱ στλεγγῐ́δες hai stlengídes
Genitive	τῆς στλεγγῐ́δος tês stlengídos	τοῖν στλεγγῐ́δοιν toîn stlengídoin	τῶν στλεγγῐ́δων tôn stlengídōn
Dative	τῇ στλεγγῐ́δῐ têi stlengídi	τοῖν στλεγγῐ́δοιν toîn stlengídoin	ταῖς στλεγγῐ́σῐ / στλεγγῐ́σῐν taîs stlengísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στλεγγῐ́δᾰ tḕn stlengída	τὼ στλεγγῐ́δε tṑ stlengíde	τᾱ̀ς στλεγγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s stlengídas
Vocative	στλεγγῐ́ς stlengís	στλεγγῐ́δε stlengíde	στλεγγῐ́δες stlengídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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