στρεπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn, I twist”) +‎ -τος (-tos, “able to”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /strep.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /strepˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /strepˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /strepˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /strepˈtos/

Adjective

στρεπτός • (streptós) m (feminine στρεπτή, neuter στρεπτόν); first/second declension

Easily twisted, pliant.
στρεπτά λύγοι “pliant withes”
1. (substantive) Collar of twisted or linked metal.
  1. (of pastry) Twist, roll.
2. (figurative) Bent or turned.
  στρεπτοὶ καὶ θεοὶ αὐτοί “the gods themselves may be turned (by prayer)”
3. Bent, curved.
  στρεπτός σίδηρος “a curved pick-axe”

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ English: strepto-

References

“στρεπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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