See also: Strido

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstri.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: strì‧do

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from stridere (to shreak, scream) +‎ -o.

Noun

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strido m (plural strida f or (less common) stridi m)

  1. shriek, scream, squeak
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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strido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stridere

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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strīdō (present infinitive strīdere, perfect active strīdī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. 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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: strider
  • Italian: stridere

References

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  • 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.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “strido”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 603