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|Definition=στεγανή, στεγανόν, ([[στέγω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cover]]ing so as to [[keep out]] [[water]], [[watertight]], τρίχα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''5.10; πλοῖα Arist.''Fr.''554; of other things, κλῶνες . . κεράμων στεγανώτεροι ''AP''9.71 (Antiphil.); <b class="b3">πυκνὸν καὶ στεγανόν</b> Plu.2.692a; προβλημάτων στεγανώτατον πρὸς ὀϊστούς Id.''Ant.''45.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[enclosing]], [[confining]], δίκτυον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''358 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[closely covered]], [[sheathed]], <b class="b3">λευκῆς χιόνος πτέρυγι στεγανός</b>, of [[Polynices]], represented as an [[eagle]], [[covered]] by his [[white]] [[Argive]] [[shield]] (cf. [[λεύκασπις]]), S.''Ant.''114 (anap.); of a [[building]], <b class="b3">ἄνωθεν στεγανός</b> [[roofed over]], Th.3.21, cf. ''Trag.Adesp.''115, Call.''Cer.'' 55, D.H.1.26; οὓς [ναοὺς] . . δοκὸς στεγανοὺς παρέχει E.''Fr.''472.6 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[strongly]] [[fortified]], πόλις Aristid.''Or.''21(22).12 (Comp.); ἕρκη Lib.''Decl.''23.77 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[indoor]], [[δίαιτα]], opp. [[open]]-[[air]] [[life]], Ph.2.297.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὸ ἀκόλαστον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ στεγανόν</b> its [[intemperance]] and [[leakiness]], Pl.''Grg.''493b; and of persons, [[close]], [[reserved]], [[proverb|prov.]], Ἀρεοπαγίτου [[στεγανός|στεγανώτερος]] = more [[reserved]] than an [[Areopagite]] Alciphr.1.13, cf. Them.''Or.''21.263a, ''Or.''26.323d, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[στεγανῶς]] = [[confinedly]], through a [[covered]] [[passage]] or [[tube]], <b class="b3">ἡ πνοὴ ἰοῦσα σ.</b> Th.4.100; <b class="b3">πωμάσαι σ.</b> [[cover]] [[tightly]], Dsc.2.76.14: Comp., στεγανώτερον πρὸς τὰς τῶν ὑετῶν φορὰς ἀντέχειν Ph.2.513; [[ναῦς]] στεγανώτατα ἔχει Aristid.''Or.''34(50).31.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., στεγανώτερον φρονεῖν ''AP''5.215 (Agath.); στεγανώτατα κατεῖχεν ἔνδον τὴν αὑτοῦ γνώμην Memn. 6.—Cf. [[στεγνός]].