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An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

στενός

Alt. στενός, ionicστεινός, ή, όν

Etym. στένω

I. "narrow, strait", Hdt., Eur., etc.; ἐν στενῷ, ionic στεινῷ, in a narrow compass, Hdt., Aesch.

2. as Subst., τὰ στενά "the straits", of a pass, Hdt.; of a sea, Thuc.; also, ἡ στενή "a narrow strip" of land, id=Thuc.

II. metaph. "narrow, close, confined", ἀπειληθῆναι ἐς στεινόν to be driven into "a corner", Hdt.; εἰς στ. καταστῆναι Dem.

2. "scanty, little, petty", Plat.—From old ionic forms στεινότερος, -ότατος, come irr. attic στενότερος, -ότατος: but reg. στενώτερος also occurs.