στερεός

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading


Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti)

Adjective

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

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

Declension