strigis
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;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →striga, strigae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
evil spirit (supposed to howl at night); vampire; hag/witch (harms children);; row/strip/swath; (of cut grain/hay); lengthwise furrow;; side-avenue (in military camp); space between squadrons;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."
