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Strigil (Scraper) - Harvard Art Museums
A strigil, which consists of a curved scoop with a handle, was a tool used in the baths for cleaning an individual's body . Oil would be applied to a person's skin and then removed, along with dirt or sweat, using the curved scoop of a strigil (2).
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Strigil - Wikipedia
a tool for cleansing the body by scraping off dirt and perspiration, as well as oil that was applied before bathing in Ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
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Strigil - Getty Museum
A strigil, usually made of bronze, to scrape off the oil and dirt. The curved blade of the strigil fit the shape of the body and its concave form channeled ...
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strigil
strigil (ˈstrɪdʒɪl) [ad. L. strigilis, f. strig-, stringĕre to touch lightly (see stricture n.). The cognate pop.L. *strigula, curry-comb, is represented by It. stregghia, OF. estrille (mod.F. étrille); it was adopted in OHG. as strigil (mod.G. striegel).] 1. Antiq. An instrument with a curved blade...
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Ancient Romans used a “strigil” to scrape off oil from their bodies ...
A spell to protect a woman from uterine disorders. In the Greco-Roman world, the uterus was considered to have a life of its own. The amulet ...
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STRIGIL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of STRIGIL is an instrument used by ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping moisture off the skin after bathing or exercising.
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Saprinus
Saprinus simplicipennis
Saprinus sinaiticus
Saprinus spernax
Saprinus sphingis
Saprinus splendens
Saprinus steppensis
Saprinus sternifossa
Saprinus strigil
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Bronze strigil (scraper) - Greek - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A strigil was used to scrape the surface of the skin clean. Numerous representations on vases indicate that athletes followed this procedure after exercising.
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Strigil - Museum of Art and Archaeology - University of Missouri
It was used in the baths as we would use soap, as a sunscreen or tanning oil, for medicinal purposes, in lamps with wicks for light, and was used for cooking ...
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Strigil | RISD Museum
To cleanse the skin, ancient Romans applied perfumed oil and then scraped it away using a small, curved metal tool known as a strigil.
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STRIGIL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Strigil definition: an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the ...
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strigilate
▪ I. strigilate, a. (ˈstrɪdʒɪleɪt) [ad. mod.L. strigilātus, f. L. strigil-is: see strigil.] (See quot.)1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 330 Strigilate (Strigilata). When on the inner side of the first joint of the hand or palm the segment of a circle is taken out at the base opposite to the spur,...
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The bath's patrons would use olive oil to cleanse themselves by applying it to their bodies and using a strigil to remove the excess.
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strigment
† ˈstrigment Obs. [ad. L. strigmentum, f. strig- root of stringĕre: see strigil.] The dirt and perspiration scraped off the skin with a strigil or otherwise. Hence strigmenˈtitious a., of the nature of ‘strigment’.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 85 [Certain physicians] who beside the strigments...
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Excavations at a Hellenistic cemetery in the same area uncovered five gold along with seventeen perfume flasks, twenty-six vessels, a bronze strigil,
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