strig 1dæ

pl. [Modern Latin strix, gen it. strig(is): Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] action of the skin and ti ues beneath. The three examples to the left in the illustration are Roman; the other is from a statue of an athlete using the strigil, by Lysippus, a cast of which is in the South Kensington Museum. 2. A flesh-brush. strig-11-ōse, adj . [Dimin. of strigose .] Bot.: Set with small, slender strige.