στρόφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of στρέφω (stréphō, to twist, turn) +‎ -ος (-os).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στρόφος (stróphosm (genitive στρόφου); second declension

  1. a twisted band or cord
  2. a swathing cloth, swaddling band
  3. a twisting of the bowels, colic

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: stroppus (see there for further descendants)
  • Translingual: Strophanthus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στρέφω, -ομαι (> DER > With o-grade: στρόφος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1413-4

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