Meanings
plural strigils
- historicalA grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
1 more example
In another corner, more bone hinges and bronze fittings indicated another cupboard, this time containing a range of rather more prized possessions: the statuette of Venus, a glass swan, a terracotta Cupid, plus some rock-crystal jewellery, a broken horse bit, a couple of strigils (used for ‘scraping down’ after exercise) and various bits and pieces of bone and bronze, including two lamp-stands.
2010, Mary Beard, chapter 3, in Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Origin
- Latinstrigilis
- Latinstrigilis
- Englishstrigil
Borrowed from Latin strigilis.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek στλεγγίς
- στλεγγίς (stlengís)grooming tool
Catalan estrígil
- estrígilgrooming tool
Finnish kaavin
- kaavingrooming tool
French strigile, stragile
- strigilegrooming tool
- stragilegrooming tool
German Strigilis, Strigil
- Strigilisgrooming tool
- Strigilgrooming tool
Greek στλεγγίδα
- στλεγγίδα (stlengída)grooming tool
Italian strigile
- strigilegrooming tool
Latin strigilis
- strigilisgrooming tool
Portuguese estrígil
- estrígilgrooming tool
Russian стри́гиль
- стри́гиль (strígilʹ)grooming tool
Spanish estrígil, estrigilo
- estrígilgrooming tool
- estrigilogrooming tool
Ukrainian стри́гіль
- стри́гіль (strýhilʹ)grooming tool
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with strigil
All rhymes →Cite this entry
strigil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigil
“strigil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigil. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strigil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigil.
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