noun
- a curved metal tool used by ancient Greeks and Romans to scrape oil, sweat, and dirt from the skin after bathing or exercise
Usage: historical
Examples
- The athlete used a bronze strigil to clean himself after competing in the gymnasium.
- Ancient Roman bathers would apply oil to their skin and then scrape it off with a strigil.
- The museum displayed several well-preserved strigils from archaeological excavations.
- In ancient times, a strigil was an essential tool for personal hygiene at the public baths.
- The curved shape of the strigil made it effective for removing dirt from the body’s contours.
- Wealthy Romans often had ornately decorated strigils made of precious metals.