Definitions for strigil

strigil strig·il

Spelling: [strij-uh l]
IPA: /ˈstrɪdʒ əl/

Strigil is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in strigil (giilrst).

Definitions for strigil

noun

  1. an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.

Origin of strigil

1575-85; Latin strigilis, akin to stringere to touch lightly; see streak, strike

Examples for strigil

Beside him, a diminutive figure of a nude boy holding a strigil.

In one the athlete is represented handing his strigil to his slave, in the other the athlete stands alone, strigil in hand.

Galen generally followed the teaching of Hippocrates on gymnastics, and wrote a whole book on the merits of using the strigil.

Having warmed the fat of a squirrel in a strigil, instil it.

A boy emerging into manhood leaves his petasos and strigil and chlamys to Hermes, the god of games.

Tool used at the Palaistra, or wrestling school: in this case the strigil.

The guttus was a small vessel with a narrow neck adapted for dropping oil on the strigil to lubricate its working edge.

Word Value for strigil
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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