strigil

See also: Strigil

English

Roman strigils, 1st century CE

Etymology

From Latin strigilis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

strigil (plural strigils)

(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:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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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: 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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Alternative forms

estrígil

Pronunciation

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

Noun

strigil m (plural strigiles)

strigil

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