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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">narrow, close, small, tight, slim</b> (IA.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">στεινός</b>, Aeol. (gramm.) <b class="b3">στέννος</b>.<br />Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. <b class="b3">στενωπός</b>, s. [[ὀπή]].<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">στενό-της</b> (ion. <b class="b3">-ει-</b>) f. [[narrowness]], [[tightness]] (IA.); backformation (cf. Schwyzer 512) <b class="b3">στεῖνος</b> (ep. Il.) for <b class="b3">στένος</b> (A. Eu. 521 [lyr.]) n. <b class="b2">narrowness, narrow room, throng, distress</b> (cf. below; on the meaning Zumbach Neuerungen 43 f.). Denominative verbs. 1. backformation <b class="b3">στείνομαι</b>, rarely w. <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμφιπερι-</b>, only present a. ipf. <b class="b2">to be narrowed, to crowd, to be crowded</b> (ep. Il.), rare and late <b class="b3">στείνω</b> <b class="b2">to narrow, to crowd</b> (Nonn., Orph.). 2. <b class="b3">στενόομαι</b> (<b class="b3">-ει-</b>), <b class="b3">-όω</b>, often w. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b2">to become, make narrow</b> (hell. a. late) with <b class="b3">-ωσις</b>, <b class="b3">-ωμα</b>, <b class="b3">-ωτικός</b> (late.). -- Besides <b class="b3">στενυγρός</b> [[narrow]] (Ion.) with <b class="b3">στενυγρ-ῶσαι</b> aor. (Hp. ap. Gal.); PlN <b class="b3">Στενύ-κληρος</b> (Hdt. 9, 64). -- Zero grade(?), unexplained <b class="b3">στάνει</b> <<b class="b3">σ</b>><b class="b3">τείνεται</b>, <b class="b3">συμβέβυσται</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">στενός</b> : <b class="b3">στεινός</b> : <b class="b3">στέννος</b> follows PGr. <b class="b3">*στενϜός</b> (cf. also Att. <b class="b3">στεν(Ϝ)ό-τερος</b>, <b class="b3">-τατος</b>), a thematic enlargement of the suffix combination <b class="b3">-γ-ρ-</b> is seen in <b class="b3">στενυ-γρός</b> (s. Schwyzer 496 w. n. 9 a. lit., Chantraine Form. 225, also Specht Ursprung 192 f.) and the <b class="b2">u-</b>stem seen in <b class="b3">Στενύ-κληρος</b> (Schw. 472, Chantr. 122); beside it the <b class="b2">s-</b>stem in <b class="b3">στένος</b> (Porzig Satzinhalte 247). - Isolated. Hypotheses of doubtful worth in Bq and WP. 2, 627, Pok. 1021 f.; new attempt by Machek Zeitschr. f. Slaw. 1, 35 and Ling. Posn. 5, 69 f. -- There is, then, no IE etym.; <b class="b3">στενυγρός</b> may be Pre-Greek (see Beekes, suff. under <b class="b3">γρ</b> and <b class="b3">ρ</b>, <b class="b3">ταναγρίς</b>, <b class="b3">βάλαγρος</b>, <b class="b3">γήλιγρος</b>); the place name <b class="b3">Στενύκληρος</b> could well be Pre-Greek. Cf. Chantr. Form. 226. Furnée 226 "nicht sicher erklärt". DELG "L'étymologie de ce groupe de mots reste obscure." Note also <b class="b3">στάνει</b>.

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