στεγν-ός, ή, όν,
= στεγανός, watertight, waterproof, πῖλος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23; οἰκήματα σ. πρὸς ὕδωρ καὶ πρὸς χιόνα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 18,compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.19.3; βοῶνες “PSI” 5.497.5 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέγη [[ “IG” 12(7).62.25 (Amorgos, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; στέγν᾽ ἔχων σκηνώματα, of a cave, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 324 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a boat, [[ “PPetr.” 3p.136 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of embankments, [[ “PSI” 5.486.8 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of cisterns, etc., [[ “OGI” 483.194, +others (Pergam., 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 substantive στεγνόν, τό, covered dwelling, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.12, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.25, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν στεγνῷ ποιεῖσθαι τὰς νεοττιάς under cover, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618a35; ἐν τῷ σ. φυλάττειν [prev. author] “Mir.” 844b13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II costive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.36, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.9; τὰ σ. περὶ κύστιν καὶ νεφροὺς πάθη [prev. author] 1.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III στεγνὰ πτερά wings joined by a membrane, like those of the bat, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 762. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]