strigil

See also: Strigil

English

Roman strigils, 1st century CE

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strigilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪd͡ʒɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl

Noun

strigil (plural strigils)

1. (historical) A grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
   • 2010, Mary Beard, chapter 3, in Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town:

     In another corner, more bone hinges and bronze fittings indicated another cupboard, this time containing a range of rather more prized possessions: the statuette of Venus, a glass swan, a terracotta Cupid, plus some rock-crystal jewellery, a broken horse bit, a couple of strigils (used for ‘scraping down’ after exercise) and various bits and pieces of bone and bronze, including two lamp-stands.

Translations

grooming tool

• Catalan: estrígil m
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: kaavin (fi)
• French: strigile (fr) m, stragile m (obsolete)
• German: Strigilis f, Strigil n
• Greek: στλεγγίδα (el) f (stlengída)

  Ancient Greek: στλεγγίς (stlengís)

• Italian: strigile (it) m or f
• Latin: strigilis f
• Portuguese: estrígil m
• Russian: стри́гиль m (strígilʹ)
• Spanish: estrígil m, estrigilo m
• Ukrainian: стри́гіль m (strýhilʹ)

Further reading

• strigil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• estrígil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾixil/ [esˈt̪ɾi.xil]
• Rhymes: -ixil

Noun

strigil m (plural strigiles)

1. strigil