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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 μέντοι τοῖσ μέλλουσιν ἀνθρώποισ ἕξειν ὅ τι εἰσφέρωσιν εἰσ τὸ στεγνὸν τοῦ ἐργασομένου τὰσ ἐν τῷ ὑπαίθρῳ ἐργασίασ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 21:1)
  • 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)
  • οἱο͂ν εἰ πίθον εἶχον ἐγὼ μὲν στεγνόν, σὺ δὲ τετρυπημένον καὶ ἐλθὼν παρακατέθου μοι τὸν σαυτοῦ οἶνον, ἵνα βάλω εἰσ τὸν ἐμὸν πίθον, εἶτ’ ἠγανάκτεισ ὅτι μὴ κἀγὼ σοὶ πιστεύω τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ οἶνον· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 12:1)

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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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