stridite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →strido, stridere, stridi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
creak, squeak, grate, shriek, whistle; (make shrill sound); hiss; gnash;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...trucidat; ut calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus olim stridit, ubi in gelidum propter demersimus imbrem. Aridior porro..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...illa gravis oculos conata attollere rursus deficit; infixum stridit sub pectore vulnus. ter sese attollens cubitoque adnixa levavit..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...quondam silvis immurmurat Auster, ut mare sollicitum stridit refluentibus undis, aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cruor, gelido ceu quondam lammina candens tincta lacu, stridit coquiturque ardente veneno. nec modus est, sorbent avidae praecordia..."