stridulus

Latin

Etymology

strīdō (“to whiz”) +‎ -ulus (“-ing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstriː.dʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstriː.du.lus]

Adjective

strīdulus (feminine strīdula, neuter strīdulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	strīdulus	strīdula	strīdulum		strīdulī	strīdulae	strīdula
genitive	strīdulī	strīdulae	strīdulī		strīdulōrum	strīdulārum	strīdulōrum
dative	strīdulō	strīdulae	strīdulō		strīdulīs
accusative	strīdulum	strīdulam	strīdulum		strīdulōs	strīdulās	strīdula
ablative	strīdulō	strīdulā	strīdulō		strīdulīs
vocative	strīdule	strīdula	strīdulum		strīdulī	strīdulae	strīdula

Descendants

• → English: stridulous
• → French: striduleux
  • → German: stridulös
• → Italian: stridulo

References

• “stridulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• stridulus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “stridulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press