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στεγνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: στεγνός στεγνή στεγνόν

Structure: στεγν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. from stegano/s

Sense

  1. waterproof
  2. a covered dwelling

Examples

  • ἥδιόν τ’ ἂν ἔξω αὐλίζεσθαι ἔφη ἐν ἐχυροῖσ χωρίοισ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν τοῖσ στεγνοῖσ, ὥστε ἀπολέσθαι. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 15:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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