Definitions for strigils

strigils strig·il

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

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

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in strigils (giilrsst).

Definitions for strigils

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 strigils

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

Examples for strigils

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.

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.

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

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

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

Word Value for strigils
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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