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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

  • δεῖ δ’ αὖ, ἐπειδὰν ταῦτα εἰσενεχθῇ εἰσ τὸ στεγνόν, καὶ τοῦ σώσοντοσ ταῦτα καὶ τοῦ ἐργασομένου δ’ ἃ τῶν στεγνῶν ἔργα δεόμενά ἐστι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 22:1)
  • στεγνῶν δὲ δεῖται καὶ ἡ τῶν νεογνῶν τέκνων παιδοτροφία, στεγνῶν δὲ καὶ αἱ ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ σιτοποιίαι δέονται· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 22:2)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ θάλαμοσ ἐν ὀχυρῷ ὢν τὰ πλείστου ἄξια καὶ στρώματα καὶ σκεύη παρεκάλει, τὰ δὲ ξηρὰ τῶν στεγνῶν τὸν σῖτον, τὰ δὲ ψυχεινὰ τὸν οἶνον, τὰ δὲ φανὰ ὅσα φάουσ δεόμενα ἔργα τε καὶ σκεύη ἐστί. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 9 4:1)

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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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