Lexicon / G9203
στρογγύλος
strongulos
  • globular

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Glosses: globular

1. round, spherical , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; λίθοι στρ. pebbles , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. circular , (Plato Philosophus)

3. round, compactly formed , (Xenophon Historicus)

4. of ships, στρ. ναῦς, στρ. πλοῖον, a merchant- ship, from its round shape , as opposite to the long narrow ship-of-war μακρὰ ναῦς); (Herdotus Historicus), etc.

5. metaphorically of phrases, well-rounded, compact, pithy, terse , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;adverb, στρογγυλώτατα as tersely as possible , (Aristotle Philosopher) (ML)