striga

See also: Striga, strigã, strigă, and štriga

Italian

Verb

striga

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

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈstrɪ.ɡa]

Etymology 1

From strix (screech owl).

Noun

strīga f (genitive strīgae); first declension

  1. evil spirit, witch, hag, vampire

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative strīga strīgae
genitive strīgae strīgārum
dative strīgae strīgīs
accusative strīgam strīgās
ablative strīgā strīgīs
vocative strīga strīgae

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From strix (groove, furrow).

Noun

striga f (genitive strigae); first declension

  1. row, strip, swath

Inflection

First declension.

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, 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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Romanian strigă, from Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. witch
  2. demon

Declension

  • strigôň - a male counterpart of striga

Further reading

  • striga in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Venetian

Alternative forms

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)
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