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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

  • ὑπὸ δενδρέῳ δὲ ἕκαστοσ κατοίκηται, τὸν μὲν χειμῶνα ἐπεὰν τὸ δένδρεον περικαλύψῃ πίλῳ στεγνῷ λευκῷ, τὸ δὲ θέροσ ἄνευ πίλου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 23 4:3)

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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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