στερεός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (strong, steady), the same root of Old English starian (to stare), Proto-Germanic *staraz (stiff), and στεῖρος (steîros, barren, sterile).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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στερεός (stereósm (feminine στερεᾱ́, neuter στερεόν); first/second declension

  1. firm, solid, rigid
    Synonym: στρῐφνός (striphnós)
  2. standard, of full value (of money)
  3. (figuratively) stiff, stubborn
  4. hard, stubborn, cruel
  5. solid, cubic (of bodies and quantities)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: στερεός (stereós)
  • English: stereo-

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (stiff). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus, sterilis, strēnuus, stīria. See also Old English steorfan (to die), Latin torpeō, Lithuanian tirpstu (to become rigid), and Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).

Adjective

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στερεός (stereósm (feminine στερεή or στερεά, neuter στερεό)

  1. firm, solid (of foundations, bodies etc)

Declension

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