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Definition of Strigil
1. n. An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
Definition of Strigil
1. Noun. a grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strigil
1. a scraping instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strigil
Literary usage of Strigil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"in his right hand a strigil, in his left a palm or laurel branch ; he is beardless;
from his arms hangs a chlamys; the Nike has her hair bound with a broad ..."
2. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"A naked man running towards the right, with a palm-branch in his right hand, and
an unlaced cistus in his left; under him a strigil. ..."
3. A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life by British Museum, Cecil Harcourt- Smith, Henry Beauchamp Walters, Edgar John Forsdyke, F. H. Marshall (1908)
"After perspiring there he was to pour hot, warm, and cold water alternately over
his head, then to scrape himself with the strigil, and finally to anoint ..."
4. A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life by British Museum, Cecil Harcourt- Smith, Henry Beauchamp Walters, Edgar John Forsdyke, F. H. Marshall (1908)
"Of these the strigil is most important. It was a curved piece of metal, usually
bronze, but sometimes iron, employed by athletes for removing dust and oil ..."
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