στενός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[στενός]], ιονιξ [[στεινός]], ή, όν [[στένω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[narrow]], [[strait]], Hdt., Eur., etc.; ἐν στενῷ, ionic στεινῷ, in a [[narrow]] [[compass]], Hdt., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> as [[substantive]], τὰ στενά the straits, of a [[pass]], Hdt.; of a sea, Thuc.; also, ἡ [[στενή]] a [[narrow]] [[strip]] of [[land]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. [[narrow]], [[close]], confined, ἀπειληθῆναι ἐς στεινόν to be driven [[into]] a [[corner]], Hdt.; εἰς στ. καταστῆναι Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[scanty]], [[little]], [[petty]], Plat.—From old ionic forms [[στεινότερος]], -ότατος, [[come]] irr. [[attic]] στενότερος, -ότατος; but reg. στενώτερος also occurs.