aqua+qua+alumen+lavatur

στυπτηρ-ίζουσα,=

A aqua qua alumen lavatur, ib.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to astringe, to have an astringent effect, esp. of taste, to thicken, to obstruct, to treat with a corrosive' (Hp., Arist., hell. a. late).

Other forms: Aor. στῦψαι ( ἀναστῦψαι S. Fr. 421), pass. στυφθῆναι, perf. midd. ἔστυμμαι.

Dialectal forms: Myc. turupterija? (sc. γῆ)

Compounds: Also w. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-, ὑπο- a.o.

Derivatives: 1. στῦψις ( ἐπί-, ὑπό-) f. `astringence, thickening, corrosion' (Hp., Arist., Thphr. etc.). 2. στῦμμα ( στύμμα?) n. `astringent' (medic.). 3. στυπτηρία, Ion. - ίη, f. des. of contracting minerals. `alum (-stone), vitriol' (Hdt., Hp., Arist. etc.), also 'alum-monopoly' (pap.), with - ήριος `treated with alum' ( PHolm.), - ηριώδης `containing alum' (Hp., Arist. a.o.), - ηριακὸν δέρμα = aluta, - ηρίζουσα = aqua qua alumen lavatur (gloss.); also - ηρά `id.' ( PHolm.), prob. after the adj. in - ηρός, e.g. ταριχηρός (s. Mayser Pap. 1: 3, 96); cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 119. 4. στυπτικός `astringent' (Diocl. Fr., Hp., Thphr. a.o.). 5. στυφός `id.' (Vett. Val., Gp.), with - ότης f. `density' (Plu.), - ώδης `astringent, bitter' ( Cat. Cod. Astr.). 6. Prob. also στύφλος (s. v. s. στυφελίζω) and στυμνός (: στύμμα; cf. ἐρυμνός) adjunct of στυπτηρία ( PHolm.) = σκληρός, αὑστηρός (Hdn. Gr., H.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Without convincing explanation. The formal similarity with στύω (s. v.) is obvious (cf. θύω: τύ-φω). Also a semantic connection can be construed if one wants ('stiff, be solid, get more solid, draw together'), but does not become very convincing. (The same is true of the connection with στύππη, στύππεῖον (s. v.), which is Pre-Greek.) Cf. also στρυφνός. -- Further, partly deviating combinations in WP. 2, 620 and Pok. 1035.

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