striga

See also: Striga, strigã, strigă, and štriga

English

Etymology

From Latin striga (“a furrow”).

Noun

striga (plural strigae)

1. (botany) A sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
2. A stripe or stria.
3. (architecture) The flute of a column.

Related terms

• strigillose

Anagrams

• gratis, trigas

Esperanto

Etymology

From strigo (“owl”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: stri‧ga

Adjective

striga (accusative singular strigan, plural strigaj, accusative plural strigajn)

1. strigine, relating to owls

Italian

Verb

striga

1. inflection of strigare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• gratis, stragi

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρίγα (stríga), the accusative of στρίξ (stríx, “owl”), which also gave strī̆x (“screech owl; witch”), probably of onomatopoeic origin and related to Latin strīdō (“to make a shrill sound”).

Compare typologically Russian карга́ (kargá), also considered borrowed, akin to Turkish karga.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstriː.ɡa], [ˈstrɪ.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstriː.ɡa]
• Note: the word only occurs with a short vowel in hexametric poetry, but on the evidence of Romance descendants there was a variant with a long vowel; compare strī̆x.

Noun

strī̆ga f (genitive strī̆gae); first declension

1. female evil spirit or nocturnal apparition

   Synonyms: incubus, ephialtēs

   1. nightmare
   2. vampire

      Synonym: vampȳrus

   3. witch; hag

      Synonyms: volātica, malefica, venēfica, strī̆x

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strī̆ga	strī̆gae
genitive	strī̆gae	strī̆gārum
dative	strī̆gae	strī̆gīs
accusative	strī̆gam	strī̆gās
ablative	strī̆gā	strī̆gīs
vocative	strī̆ga	strī̆gae

Related terms

• strī̆x

Descendants

• → Albanian: shtrigë
• Aromanian: strigã
• → Czech: striga
• → French: stryge
• Friulian: strie
• → Hebrew: שטריגה
• Italian: strega, striga
• Ladin: stria
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: stria
  • Lombard: stria
  • Piedmontese: strìa
  • Romagnol: striga
• Old French: estrie
• → Polish: strzyga (possibly through Romanian)
• Portuguese: estria
• → Portuguese: estriga
• Romanian: strigă
• Romansch: stria, streia
• Sardinian: istria, istriga, iltria
• Sicilian: strija
• → Serbo-Croatian: štrȉga / штри̏га
• → Slovak: striga
• → Spanish: estriga
• Venetan: striga

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *strigā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to brush, strip, shear”) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɪ.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstriː.ɡa]

Noun

striga f (genitive strigae); first declension

1. a strip, row or line
2. (agriculture) a windrow
3. (surveying) a strip of ground longer than it is broad

   Antonym: scamnum

4. (military) a side-avenue in camp

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	striga	strigae
genitive	strigae	strigārum
dative	strigae	strigīs
accusative	strigam	strigās
ablative	strigā	strigīs
vocative	striga	strigae

Related terms

• stria (< *strig-ia)

References

• “striga” on page 2015 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “stringō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “striga”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Further reading

• “striga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "striga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “striga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “striga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “striga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

• gratis

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin striga (“witch”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol) IPA^(key): [ˈstɾiːɡɐ]
  • (Ville Unite):

Noun

striga f (plural strig)

1. witch

   La pêr una striga!

   She looks like a witch!

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996), Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 630

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /striˈɡa/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *strigāre (“scream like a screech owl”) from Latin strix (“screech owl”). Compare Megleno-Romanian strig, strigari.

Verb

a striga (third-person singular present strigă, past participle strigat, third-person subjunctive strige) 1st conjugation

1. to call

   Synonym: chema

2. to shout, yell, scream

   Synonym: urla

Conjugation

    conjugation of striga (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a striga
gerund			strigând
past participle			strigat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	strig	strigi	strigă	strigăm	strigați	strigă
	imperfect	strigam	strigai	striga	strigam	strigați	strigau
	simple perfect	strigai	strigași	strigă	strigarăm	strigarăți	strigară
	pluperfect	strigasem	strigaseși	strigase	strigaserăm	strigaserăți	strigaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să strig	să strigi	să strige	să strigăm	să strigați	să strige
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		strigă			strigați
	negative		nu striga			nu strigați

Derived terms

• strigare
• strigăt
• strigător

Related terms

• strigoi, strigă

Etymology 2

Noun

striga

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of strigă

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Romanian strigă, from Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstriɡa]
• Hyphenation: stri‧ga

Noun

striga f (male equivalent strigôň, relational adjective stridží)

1. witch

   Synonym: bosorka

2. (figurative) hag, crone

   Synonym: bosorka

Declension

Declension of striga
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	striga	strigy
genitive	strigy	stríg
dative	strige	strigám
accusative	strigu	strigy
locative	strige	strigách
instrumental	strigou	strigami

Further reading

• “striga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Venetan

Alternative forms

• stria, strìa

Etymology

From Latin striga (evil spirit, compare Friulian strie, Italian strega, Ligurian stria, Lombard stria, and also Romanian strigă), from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/

Noun

striga f (plural strighe)

1. witch, sorceress (female who uses magic)

Related terms

• strigar