strigilis

English

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡi.lis/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪɡɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.d͡ʒi.lis/, [ˈst̪riːd͡ʒilis]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strigilis	strigilēs
Genitive	strigilis	strigilium
Dative	strigilī	strigilibus
Accusative	strigilem strigilim	strigilēs strigilīs
Ablative	strigile strigilī	strigilibus
Vocative	strigilis	strigilēs

Descendants

• Catalan: estríjol
• Old French: estrille
  • French: étrille
  • → Italian: striglia
• → Old High German: strigil
  • Luxembourgish: Strigel
  • Middle High German: strigel
    • German: Striegel
• → Catalan: estrígil
• → English: strigil
• → Italian: strigile
• → Spanish: estrígil
• ⇒ Esperanto: strigli

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.