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strigil

[ strij-uhl ]

noun

  1. an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.


strigil

/ ˈstrɪdʒɪl /

noun

  1. a curved blade used by the ancient Romans and Greeks to scrape the body after bathing
  2. architect a decorative fluting, esp one in the shape of the letter S as used in Roman architecture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • strig·il·ate [strij, -, uh, -lit, -leyt], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strigil1

1575–85; < Latin strigilis, akin to stringere to touch lightly; streak, strike
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strigil1

C16: from Latin strigilis, from stringere to graze
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Example Sentences

A bronze strigil lay across the threshold, where it had been dropped in someone's hasty flight.

Galen generally followed the teaching of Hippocrates on gymnastics, and wrote a whole book on the merits of using the strigil.

The guttus was a small vessel with a narrow neck adapted for dropping oil on the strigil to lubricate its working edge.

Beside him, a diminutive figure of a nude boy holding a strigil.

Having warmed the fat of a squirrel in a strigil, instil it.

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