strigilis

English

Etymology

From Latin strigilis.

Noun

strigilis

  1. An organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.

Latin

Etymology

From the root of stringō +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

Noun

strigilis f (genitive strigilis); third declension

  1. strigil

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

singular plural
nominative strigilis strigilēs
genitive strigilis strigilium
dative strigilī strigilibus
accusative strigilem
strigilim 		strigilēs
strigilīs
ablative strigile
strigilī 		strigilibus
vocative strigilis strigilēs

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: stregghia
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:

Borrowings:

References

  • “strigilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “strigilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strigilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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