strige
Dictionary entries
- Entry →strix, strigis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
furrow, channel, grove, flute;; screech owl (bird of ill omen); vampire/evil spirit; (sucks children's blood);; small nugget;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...manu duxit. <. . .> [CXXXIV] PROSELENOS ANVS AD ENCOLPIVM: "Quae striges comederunt nervos tuos, aut quod purgamentum nocte calcasti trivio..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uolant: dirae stridunt in nube uolucres, nocturnaeque gemunt striges et feralia bubo damna canens. quae prima deum portenta..."
