strigil
STRIGIL
STRIGIL[BALNEAEVol. 1. p. 278.]
Strigil
A flesh-scraper. See balneae, pp. 193, 194.
strigil
metal implement used by athletes to scrape the oil (and dirt) off their bodies after exercise; such an athlete, with a strigil, is seen on a red-figure vase in Berlin (see image, below)