striga

Latin striga (“a furrow”)

striga (plural strigae)

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

• strigillose

• gratis, trigas

From strigo (“owl”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstriɡa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: stri‧ga

striga (accusative singular strigan, plural strigaj, accusative plural strigajn)

1. strigine, relating to owls

striga

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

• gratis, stragi

From Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”), which also gave strī̆x (“screech owl; witch”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstriː.ɡa/, [ˈs̠t̪riːɡä] or IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪɡä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈst̪riːɡä]
• Note: on Romance evidence, the length of the vowel varied.

strī̆ga f (genitive strī̆gae); first declension

1. A female evil spirit, nocturnal apparition; a nightmare.

   Synonyms: incubus, ephialtēs

   1. A vampire.

      Synonym: vampȳrus

   2. A witch, hag.

      Synonyms: volātica, malefica, venēfica, strī̆x

First-declension noun.

From Proto-Italic *strigā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to brush, strip, shear”) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, tie”).

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

striga f (genitive strigae); first declension

1. A strip, row, line.
   1. (agriculture) A windrow.
2. (surveying) A strip of ground longer than broad.

   Antonym: scamnum

   1. (military) A side-avenue in camp.

First-declension noun.

• stria (< *strig-ia)

• “striga” on page 2015 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “stringō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “striga”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

• “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

• gratis

From Latin strĭga(m) (“witch”), accusative of Latin strĭga (“witch”).

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈstɾiːɡɐ]

• (Ville Unite):

striga f (plural strig)

1. witch

   La pêr una striga!

   She looks like a witch!

• Masotti, Adelmo (1999) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Zanichelli

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

• IPA^(key): /striˈɡa/

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

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

• (call): chema
• (shout, yell): urla

• strigare
• strigăt
• strigător

• strigoi, strigă

From Romanian strigă, from Latin strīga.

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

striga f (genitive singular strigy, nominative plural strigy, genitive plural stríg, declension pattern of žena)

1. witch
2. demon

• strigôň - a male counterpart of striga

• striga in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• stria, strìa

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/

striga f (plural strighe)

1. witch, sorceress (female who uses magic)

• strigar