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|Definition=Ion. [[στεινός]], ή, όν, Aeol. [[στένος]] Alc.''Supp.''34 (dub. l.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[narrow]], opp. [[εὐρύς]], [[πλατύς]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.8 (Sup.), 4.195, al.; [[ψαλίς]] S. ''Fr.''367; δίαυλος E.''Tr.''435; [[ἐσβολή]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.175 (Comp.); [[πόρος]] ib. 176; ἡ [[ἔσοδος]] Th.7.51; οὔτ' εὐρεῖα οὔτε στενὴ διαφυγή Pl.''Lg.''737a; <b class="b3">ἐν στενῷ</b>, Ion. [[στεινῷ]], in [[a narrow space]], A.''Pers.''413, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.60β; . <b class="b3">ποιεῖν τὸν δῆμον εὐρὺν καὶ στενόν</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''720; σ. ποδεών [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.31; ἔντερον Ar.''Nu.''161; [[πόροι]], [[φλέβες]], Ti.Locr.101a, Pl.''Ti.''66a; [[κεφαλή]], [[πόδες]], X.''Cyn.''5.30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Subst., [[τὰ στενά]] = the [[narrow]]s, [[strait]]s, of a [[pass]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.223; of a sea, Th.2.86, etc.; of the [[straits]] of Gibraltar, Str.3.5.5; so [[τὸ στενόν]] the [[strait]] (Hellespont), Luc.''DMar.''9.1; ἐπὶ σ. τῆς ὁδοῦ X.''HG''7.1.29; also [[ἡ στενή]] a [[narrow strip]] of [[land]], Th.2.99; [[τὰ στενά]] = [[pass]]es, [[defile]]s, Phld.''Rh.''1.334 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[close]], [[confined]], <b class="b3">ἀπειληθέντες ἐς στεινόν</b> [[drive]]n into a [[corner]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.34; σ. ζῶμεν χρόνον Men.410; εἰς στενὸν κομιδῇ τὰ τῆς τροφῆς τινι καταστήσεται D.1.22; εἰς σ. τοῦ καιροῦ [[φθείρεσθαι]] Alciphr.1.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[scanty]], [[petty]], Pl.''Grg.''497c; ὑποθέσεις Plb.7.7.6; ἐλπίδες D.H.4.52; ἐρωτήσεις Philostr.''VS''2.30; [[small-minded]], [[narrow-minded]], in Adv. Comp., ''PGiss.''40 ii7 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of sound and style, [[thin]], [[meagre]], Arist.''Aud.''803b24, ''Rh.''1413b15; [[hard]] to [[pronounce]], συλλαβὴ σ. καὶ [[δύστομος]] Phld.''Po.''2.15.—Choerob. ''in Theod.''2.76 H., ''EM'' 275.50 say that [[στενός]], like [[κενός]], forms the Comp. and Sup. [[στενότερος]], [[στενότατος]], and these forms are explainable from <b class="b3">*στενϝότερος, *στενϝότατος</b>, which are implied by the Ionic forms <b class="b3">στεινότερος, στεινότατος</b> ([[στεινότερος]] occurs in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.181, 7.175, στενότερος in ''IG''7.3073.109 (Lebad., ii B.C.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''111d, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.4.3 with v.l.); and [[στενοτάτου]] is required by the metre in Scymn.922; the form [[στενώτερος]] is however found in Hp.''VM''22, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''675a35, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv., [[στενῶς διακεῖσθαι]] to [[be in difficulties]], PCair.Zen.498 (iii B.C.), ''PTeb.'' 760.19 (iii B.C.), D.L.8.86, cf. [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''13.6.