στρογγύλος

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 (gongŭ́los, “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 (kămpŭ́los, “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.

στρογγῠ́λος • (strongŭ́los) m (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

• → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܪܢܓܠܐ
  • → Turoyo: ܐܶܣܛܪܰܢܓܶܠܳܐ (esṭrangelo)
    • → English: Estrangelo
• Greek: στρογγυλός (strongylós)
• → Translingual: Strongylus
  • → English: strongyle

• “στρογγύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στρογγύλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • round idem, page 722.
  • rounded idem, page 723.
• Brock, Sebastian P. (Oxford). "Estrangelā." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and, Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2014. Reference. 10 July 2014 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/estrangela-e402790>