striga

See also: Striga, strigã, strigă, and štriga

English

Etymology

Latin striga (“a furrow”)

Noun

striga (plural strigae)

1. (botany) A sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
2. A stripe or stria.
3. (architecture) The flute of a column.

Related terms

• strigillose

Anagrams

• gratis, trigas

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Italian

Verb

striga

1. third-person singular present indicative of strigare
2. second-person singular imperative of strigare

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Latin

Etymology 1

From strix (screech owl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstriː.ɡa/, [ˈs̠t̪riːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈst̪riːɡä]

Noun

strīga f (genitive strīgae); first declension

1. evil spirit, witch, hag, vampire

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strīga	strīgae
Genitive	strīgae	strīgārum
Dative	strīgae	strīgīs
Accusative	strīgam	strīgās
Ablative	strīgā	strīgīs
Vocative	strīga	strīgae

Descendants

• Albanian: shtrigë (borrowing)
• Aromanian: strigã
• French: stryge (borrowing)
• Friulian: strie
• Italian: strega, striga
• Ladin: stria
• Ligurian: stria

• Lombard: stria
• Old French: estrie
• Polish: strzyga (borrowing, possibly through Romanian)
• Portuguese: estria, estriga
• Romanian: strigă
• Romansch: stria, streia
• Spanish: estriga
• Venetian: striga

Etymology 2

From strix (groove, furrow).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈst̪riːɡä]

Noun

striga f (genitive strigae); first declension

1. row, strip, swath

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	striga	strigae
Genitive	strigae	strigārum
Dative	strigae	strigīs
Accusative	strigam	strigās
Ablative	strigā	strigīs
Vocative	striga	strigae

Descendants

• Portuguese: estria, estriga
• Spanish: estriga

References

• “striga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• striga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• striga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “striga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “striga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *strigāre from Latin strix (“screech owl”).

Verb

a striga (third-person singular present strigă, past participle strigat) 1st conj.

1. to call
2. to shout, yell, scream

Conjugation

    conjugation of striga (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a striga
gerund			strigând
past participle			strigat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	strig	strigi	strigă	strigăm	strigați	strigă
	imperfect	strigam	strigai	striga	strigam	strigați	strigau
	simple perfect	strigai	strigași	strigă	strigarăm	strigarăți	strigară
	pluperfect	strigasem	strigaseși	strigase	strigaserăm	strigaserăți	strigaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să strig	să strigi	să strige	să strigăm	să strigați	să strige
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		strigă			strigați
	negative		nu striga			nu strigați

Synonyms

• (call): chema
• (shout, yell): urla

Derived terms

• strigare
• strigăt
• strigător

Related terms

• strigoi, strigă

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Slovak

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Romanian strigă, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: stri‧ga

Noun

striga f

1. witch
2. demon

Declension

Declension of striga

	singular	plural
nominative	striga	strigy
genitive	strigy	stríg
dative	strige	strigám
accusative	strigu	strigy
locative	strige	strigách
instrumental	strigou	strigami

Related terms

• strigôň - a male counterpart of striga

Further reading

• “striga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• stria, strìa

Etymology

From Latin striga (evil spirit, compare Friulian strie, Italian strega, Ligurian stria, Lombard stria, and also Romanian strigă), from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίγξ (strínx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/

Noun

striga f (plural strighe)

1. witch, sorceress (female who uses magic)

Related terms

• strigar