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)). 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

• στρογγύλιον (strongúlion)

• → 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>