- στλεγγίς
- στλεγγίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `scraper for scraping off oil and dust, curry-comb' (Hp., Att.), often metaph. of a splendid head-ornament, a kind of tiara (X., Plb., hell. inscr. a.o.).Other forms: (with several byforms: στεγγίς, στελγ(γ)ίς, στελεγγίς, στλιγγίς, στρεγγίς, στεργίς a.o.; cf. Kretschmer KZ 33, 472f., Brugmann IF 30, 375). Also στλαγγίς (Nicandros ap. sch. Pl. Chrm. 161e.Derivatives: στλεγγ-ίδιον (hell.), -ίον (sch.), -ίζομαι `to scrape off' (Suid.) with -ισμα n. `scraped off dirt' (Arist., Lyc.), -ιστρον n. = στλεγγίς (EM).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical word without etymology, no doubt a loan. Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 94 f. points to Hitt. ištalk(iya)-, ištalgāi- `level, smooth' (Kronasser Etymologie II 412); so στλεγγίς from Asia Minor? -- Older lit. in Bq and W.-Hofmann s. strigilis.Page in Frisk: 2,799-800
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.