strigilis

English

Etymology

Latin strigilis

Noun

strigilis

  1. An organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.

Latin

Etymology

From the root of stringō +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

Noun

strigilis f (genitive strigilis); third declension

  1. strigil

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strigilis strigilēs
Genitive strigilis strigilium
Dative strigilī strigilibus
Accusative strigilem
strigilim		 strigilēs
strigilīs
Ablative strigile
strigilī		 strigilibus
Vocative strigilis strigilēs

Descendants

References
  • “strigilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “strigilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strigilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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