στεγνός

A. watertight, waterproof, πῖλος Hdt. 4.23; οἰκήματα ς. πρὸς ὕδωρ καὶ πρὸς χιόνα Hp. Aër. 18, cf. Thphr. CP 6.19.3; βοῶνες PSI 5.497.5 (iii B.C.); τέγη IG 12(7).62.25 (Amorgos, iv B.C.); στέγν’ ἔχων σκηνώματα, of a cave, E. Cyc. 324; of a boat, PPetr. 3p.136 (iii B.C.); of embankments, PSI 5.486.8 (iii B.C.); of cisterns, etc., OGI 483.194, al. (Pergam., ii A.D.).

2. Subst. στεγνόν,τό, covered dwelling, X. An. 7.4.12, D.S. 18.25, etc.; ἐν στεγνῷ ποιεῖσθαι τὰς νεοττιάς under cover, Arist. HA 618a35; ἐν τῷ ς. φυλάττειν Id. Mir. 844b13.

II. costive, Hp. Mul. 1.36, Dsc. 5.9; τὰ ς. περὶ κύστιν καὶ νεφροὺς πάθη Id. 1.3.

III. στεγνὰ πτερά wings joined by a membrane, like those of the bat, Nic. Th. 762.