(adjective) : strĭgōsus, a, um, stringo
* Lean, lank, thin, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11, and ap. Non. 168, 26: canis (opp. obesus),Col. 7, 12, 8: hic strigosus bovinatorque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 11, 7, 10.—Comp.: equi,Liv. 27, 47: hinno strigosior, Maecen. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor. —Sup.: (capella) strigosissimi corporis,Col. 7, 6, 9.—*
* Trop., of an orator, meagre, dry, tasteless, Cic. Brut. 16, 64.