strigi
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
- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...obscenas aues maestique cor bubonis et raucae strigis exsecta uiuae uiscera. haec scelerum artifex discreta ponit: his rapax..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...harenas; addit et exceptas luna pernocte pruinas et strigis infamis ipsis cum carnibus alas inque virum soliti vultus..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...turpes raucis bubonibus umbras, vulturis in ramis et strigis ova tulit. his ego commisi nostros insanus amores molliaque..."