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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to astringe, to have an astringent effect, esp. of taste, to thicken, to obstruct, to treat with a corrosive</b> (Hp., Arist., hell. a. late).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">στῦψαι</b> (<b class="b3">ἀναστῦψαι</b> S. Fr. 421), pass. <b class="b3">στυφθῆναι</b>, perf. midd. <b class="b3">ἔστυμμαι</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[turupterija]]? (sc. <b class="b3">γῆ</b>)<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b> a.o.<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">στῦψις</b> (<b class="b3">ἐπί-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπό-</b>) f. [[astringence]], [[thickening]], [[corrosion]] (Hp., Arist., Thphr. etc.). 2. <b class="b3">στῦμμα</b> (<b class="b3">στύμμα</b>?) n. [[astringent]] (medic.). 3. <b class="b3">στυπτηρία</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ίη</b>, f. des. of contracting minerals. <b class="b2">alum (-stone), vitriol</b> (Hdt., Hp., Arist. etc.), also 'alum-monopoly' (pap.), with <b class="b3">-ήριος</b> <b class="b2">treated with alum</b> (PHolm.), <b class="b3">-ηριώδης</b> <b class="b2">containing alum</b> (Hp., Arist. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ηριακὸν δέρμα</b> = [[aluta]], <b class="b3">-ηρίζουσα</b> = <b class="b2">aqua qua alumen lavatur</b> (gloss.); also <b class="b3">-ηρά</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (PHolm.), prob. after the adj. in <b class="b3">-ηρός</b>, e.g. <b class="b3">ταριχηρός</b> (s. Mayser Pap. 1 : 3, 96); cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 119. 4. <b class="b3">στυπτικός</b> [[astringent]] (Diocl. Fr., Hp., Thphr. a.o.). 5. <b class="b3">στυφός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Vett. Val., Gp.), with <b class="b3">-ότης</b> f. [[density]] (Plu.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[astringent]], [[bitter]] (Cat. Cod. Astr.). 6. Prob. also <b class="b3">στύφλος</b> (s. v. s. <b class="b3">στυφελίζω</b>) and <b class="b3">στυμνός</b> ( : <b class="b3">στύμμα</b>; cf. <b class="b3">ἐρυμνός</b>) adjunct of <b class="b3">στυπτηρία</b> (PHolm.) = <b class="b3">σκληρός</b>, <b class="b3">αὑστηρός</b> (Hdn. Gr., H.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Without convincing explanation. The formal similarity with [[στύω]] (s. v.) is obvious (cf. <b class="b3">θύω</b> : <b class="b3">τύ-φω</b>). Also a semantic connection can be construed if one wants ('stiff, be solid, get more solid, draw together'), but does not become very convincing. (The same is true of the connection with <b class="b3">στύππη</b>, <b class="b3">στύππεῖον</b> (s. v.), which is Pre-Greek.) Cf. also [[στρυφνός]]. -- Further, partly deviating combinations in WP. 2, 620 and Pok. 1035.

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