στρογγύλος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin.

According to Frisk, an adjectival formation from the o-grade of στράγξ (stránx, trickle, drop) (as drops tend to be rounded), and/or with morphological influence from γογγῠ́λος (gongúlos, round, spherical).

However, Beekes is skeptical of the semantic link to στράγξ (stránx), and in light of the suffix -υλ- (-ul-) also found in κᾰμπῠ́λος (kampúlos, bent, curved) and ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, crooked, curved), suggests a Pre-Greek origin for the word (with or without στράγξ (stránx)).[1] Though this is possible, it is worth noting that the root of ἀγκύλος (ankúlos) is derived by Beekes himself from Proto-Indo-European, implying that the suffix, rather than the roots of the words, is from a substrate.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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στρογγῠ́λος (strongúlosm (feminine στρογγῠ́λη, neuter στρογγῠ́λον); first/second declension

  1. spherical, round
    Synonyms: γογγύλος (gongúlos), κυκλικός (kuklikós), κυκλοτερής (kukloterḗs)
  2. (of words, expressions) well-rounded, neat, pithy, terse

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στρογγύλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1415

Further reading

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