[ˈstriːks], [ˈstrɪks], [ˈstriks]
OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”), which also gave strī̆ga (“evil spirit, nightmare; vampire; witch”), itself likely of onomatopoeic origin and related to Latin strīdō (“to screech”).
Compare typologically Russian карга́ (kargá), also considered borrowed, akin to Turkish karga.
- declension-3a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)
“Near-synonyms: būbō, noctua, ulula, parra”
“eī hominēs cēnās ubi coquont, cum condiunt,
nōn condīmentīs condiunt, sed strīgibus,
vīvīs convīvīs intestīna quae exedint.” — Those people, when they cook dinners, when they season them,
season them not with seasonings, but with screech-owls
that would eat up the living guests' guts.
(This is in iambic senarii.)
“Praebuit illa arbor miserō suspendia collō,
Carnificī dīrās praebuit illa crucēs;
Illa dedit turpēs raucīs būbōnibus umbrās,
Vulturis in rāmīs et strĭgis ōva tulit.” — That tree offered a hanging to an unfortunate neck;
it offered dreadful crosses to the executioner;
it gave foul shade to hoarse owls;
it held the vulture's and screech-owl's eggs on its branches.
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- broadly, declension-3an evil spirit, a vampire or a harpy who sucked the blood of children and caused nightmares
- Spain, declension-3, feminineA golden nugget.
“Hispānia strigēs vocat aurī parvolās māssās.” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Formsstrī̆x(canonical, feminine) · strī̆gis(genitive) · strī̆x(nominative, singular) · strī̆gēs(nominative, plural) · strī̆gis(genitive, singular) · strī̆gum(genitive, plural) · strī̆gī(dative, singular) · strī̆gibus(dative, plural) · strī̆gem(accusative, singular) · strī̆gēs(accusative, plural) · strī̆ge(ablative, singular) · strī̆gibus(ablative, plural) · strī̆x(singular, vocative) · strī̆gēs(plural, vocative) · strigis(genitive) · strix(nominative, singular) · strigēs(nominative, plural) · strigis(genitive, singular) · strigum(genitive, plural) · strigī(dative, singular)