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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstri.do/
- Rhymes: -ido
- Hyphenation: strì‧do
Etymology 1
Deverbal from stridere (“to shreak, scream”) + -o.
Noun
strido m (plural strida f or (less common) stridi m)
- shriek, scream, squeak
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
strido
- first-person singular present indicative of stridere
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Latin
Etymology
From the same imitative Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō, “to screech, to squeak, to grind, to gnash”) and στρίνξ (strínx, “screecher”) (compare Latin strix).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
strīdō (present infinitive strīdere, perfect active strīdī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzz
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 8.420:
- strīduntque cavernīs / strictūrae Chalybum et fornācibus ignis anhēlat
- Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires
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References
- “strido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.