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Definition of Strigils
1. strigil [n] - See also: strigil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strigils
Literary usage of Strigils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"The metal is always very thin ; and it is rare to find strigils in a ...
Roman strigils were of different forms, but the Etruscan were invariably like that ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The poorer classes had to use their strigils themselves. ... 1 The figure represents
four strigils, in which the hollow for coifed- ing the oil or ..."
3. The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of by Thomas Wright (1861)
"Public baths were provided with strigils for the use of the bathers ; but people
of respectability had their owu strigils at home, which their slaves earned ..."
4. Guide to the Public Collections of Classical Antiquities in Rome by Wolfgang Helbig, Emil Reisch (1896)
"On the second shelf are mirrors, strigils, supports of various kinds, ...
The strigils or scrapers are formed of a narrow metal blade fitted with a slender ..."
5. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society by Essex Archaeological Society (1900)
"No doubt the strigils found had often served to currycomb their owners after the
moistures ... Well-to-do persons carried their own strigils with them, ..."
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