στενός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown origin, possibly Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

στενός (stenósm (feminine στενή, neuter στενόν); first/second declension

  1. narrow, tight
    Antonym: εὐρύς (eurús)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: στενός (stenós)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στενός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1399

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στενός (stenós).

Adjective

στενός (stenósm (feminine στενή, neuter στενό)

  1. narrow
  2. tight
  3. close
    στενός φίλοςstenós fílosclose friend

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • στενόςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.