strix
See also: Strix
English
Etymology
From Latin strix, from Ancient Greek στρίγξ (strínx) “screecher”.
Noun
strix (plural strixes or striges)
- (mythology) A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.
- 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 69:
- What was distinctive about the strix was that […] it resembled an owl, or (to a lesser extent) a bat, being a winged, clawed creature, which flew by night and had a hideous screeching cry.
- 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 69:
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /striks/, [s̠t̪rɪks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /striks/, [st̪riks]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). See stringō.
Noun
strix f (genitive strigis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | strix | strigēs |
Genitive | strigis | strigum |
Dative | strigī | strigibus |
Accusative | strigem | strigēs |
Ablative | strige | strigibus |
Vocative | strix | strigēs |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”).
Noun
strix f (genitive strigis); third declension
- screech owl, believed to suck the blood of young children
- (by extension) witch
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | strix | strigēs |
Genitive | strigis | strigum |
Dative | strigī | strigibus |
Accusative | strigem | strigēs |
Ablative | strige | strigibus |
Vocative | strix | strigēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: strigine
- Esperanto: strigo
- Ido: strigo
- Italian: strige
- Portuguese: estrige
- Spanish: estrige
References
- “strix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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