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στερεός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“strong; steady”), the same root of Old English starian (“to stare”), Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”), Tocharian B ścīre (“hard; harsh (of words)”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    στερεός • (stereós) m (feminine στερεᾱ́, neuter στερεόν); first/second declension

    1. firm; solid; rigid
      Synonym: στρῐφνός (strĭphnós)
    2. (of money) standard; of full value
    3. (figuratively):
      1. (Epic) stiff; stubborn
      2. hard; stubborn; cruel
    4. (of bodies and quantities) solid; cubic

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Greek: στερεός (stereós)
    • → French: stère

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στερεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1400-1

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    Greek

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus,