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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to astringe]], [[to have an astringent effect]], [[especially of taste]], [[to thicken]], [[to obstruct]], [[to treat with a corrosive]] (Hp., Arist., hell. a. late).<br />Other forms: Aor. [[στῦψαι]] ([[ἀναστῦψαι]] S. Fr. 421), pass. [[στυφθῆναι]], perf. midd. [[ἔστυμμαι]].<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[turupterija]]? (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆ]])<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. [[στῦψις]] (<b class="b3">ἐπί-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπό-</b>) f. [[astringence]], [[thickening]], [[corrosion]] (Hp., Arist., Thphr. etc.). 2. [[στῦμμα]] ([[στύμμα]]?) n. [[astringent]] (medic.). 3. [[στυπτηρία]], 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> [[treated with alum]] (PHolm.), <b class="b3">-ηριώδης</b> [[containing alum]] (Hp., Arist. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ηριακὸν δέρμα</b> = [[aluta]], <b class="b3">-ηρίζουσα</b> = [[aqua qua alumen lavatur]] (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. [[ταριχηρός]] (s. Mayser Pap. 1: 3, 96); cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 119. 4. [[στυπτικός]] [[astringent]] (Diocl. Fr., Hp., Thphr. a.o.). 5. [[στυφός]] <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 [[στύφλος]] (s. v. s. [[στυφελίζω]]) and [[στυμνός]] (: [[στύμμα]]; cf. [[ἐρυμνός]]) adjunct of [[στυπτηρία]] (PHolm.) = [[σκληρός]], [[αὑστηρός]] (Hdn. Gr., H.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Without convincing explanation. The formal similarity with [[στύω]] (s. v.) is obvious (cf. [[θύω]]: <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 [[στύππη]], [[στύππεῖον]] (s. v.), which is Pre-Greek.) Cf. also [[στρυφνός]]. -- Further, partly deviating combinations in WP. 2, 620 and Pok. 1035.