strido

strido

Italian

Noun

strido m (plural strida f, alternative plural stridi m)

1. shriek, scream, squeak

Related terms

• stridere
• stridio
• stridore
• stridulo

Verb

strido

1. first-person singular present indicative of stridere

Anagrams

• stordì

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Latin

Alternative forms

• strīdeō

Etymology

From the same imitative Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō, “to utter”) and στρίνξ (strínx, “screecher”)[1].

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /stri.do/

Verb

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

1. I utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzz.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.420:

     striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat

     Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires

Inflection

Conjugation of strido (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	strīdō	strīdis	strīdit	strīdimus	strīditis	strīdunt
	imperfect	strīdēbam	strīdēbās	strīdēbat	strīdēbāmus	strīdēbātis	strīdēbant
	future	strīdam	strīdēs	strīdet	strīdēmus	strīdētis	strīdent
	perfect	strīdī	strīdistī	strīdit	strīdimus	strīdistis	strīdērunt, strīdēre
	pluperfect	strīderam	strīderās	strīderat	strīderāmus	strīderātis	strīderant
	future perfect	strīderō	strīderis	strīderit	strīderimus	strīderitis	strīderint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	strīdam	strīdās	strīdat	strīdāmus	strīdātis	strīdant
	imperfect	strīderem	strīderēs	strīderet	strīderēmus	strīderētis	strīderent
	perfect	strīderim	strīderīs	strīderit	strīderimus	strīderitis	strīderint
	pluperfect	strīdissem	strīdissēs	strīdisset	strīdissēmus	strīdissētis	strīdissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	strīde	—	—	strīdite	—
	future	—	strīditō	strīditō	—	strīditōte	strīduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		strīdere	strīdisse	—	—	—	—
participles		strīdēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		strīdere	strīdendī	strīdendō	strīdendum	—	—

Derived terms

• strīdēns
• strīdor
• strīdulus

Descendants

• French: strider
• Italian: stridere

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

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