Italian

Noun

strido m (plural strida f)

1. shriek, scream, squeak

Related terms

• stridere
• stridio
• stridore
• stridulo

Verb

strido

1. first-person singular present indicative of stridere

Anagrams

• stordì

Latin

Alternative forms

• strīdeō

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “strido”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.