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Latin
Etymology
From striga (“furrow, strip”) + -ōsus (“full of”), referring to the hollow grooves between the ribs that appear in lean bodies.
Pronunciation
Adjective
strigōsus (feminine strigōsa, neuter strigōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- lean, meagre
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strigosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- strigosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung