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στεγν-όω ,
A.close, “πώματι τὸ ἀγγεῖον” Gal.17(2).160, cf. 161:—Pass., Hero Spir. 1Praef., al.; of the pores, Gal.18(1).145.
2. make a building watertight, IG11(2).154 A 36, cf. 161 A114 (Delos, iii B.C.): —Pass., of embankments, “χώματα ἐστεγνωμένα” PSI4.315.25 (ii A.D.).
II. make costive, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1 Praef. (Pass.); check discharge, “μήτρα ἐστεγνωμένη” Dsc.1.23; “ὦτα πυορροοῦντα στεγνοῖ” Id.2.81.
2. compress, “πάπυρος στεγνουμένη” Id.1.86; ἔριον μαλακὸν ἐστενωμένον (fort. ἐστεγνωμένον) Heliod. ap. Orib.46.19.2.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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