Translingual

Striga asiatica

Proper noun

Striga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – parasitic plants called witchweed.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Orobanchaceae - family; Buchnereae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Striga aequinoctialis, Striga angolensis, Striga angustifolia, Striga asiatica, Striga aspera, Striga bilabiata, Striga brachycalyx, Striga chrysantha, Striga curviflora, Striga dalzielii, Striga densiflora, Striga elegans, Striga ellenbergeri, Striga forbesii, Striga gastonii, Striga gesnerioides, Striga glumacea, Striga gracillima, Striga hallaei, Striga hermonthica, Striga hirsuta, Striga junodii, Striga klingii, Striga latericea, Striga lepidagathidis, Striga lutea, Striga macrantha, Striga masuria, Striga multiflora, Striga parviflora, Striga passargei, Striga pinnatifida, Striga primuloides, Striga pubiflora, Striga squamigera, Striga sulphurea, Striga yemenica (species)

Italian

Verb

striga

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/, [ˈstrɪ.ɡa]

Etymology 1

From strix (screech owl).

Noun

strīga f ‎(genitive strīgae); first declension

1. evil spirit, witch, hag, vampire

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From strix (groove, furrow).

Noun

striga f ‎(genitive strigae); first declension

1. row, strip, swath

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Portuguese: estria, estriga

References

• striga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• STRIGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “striga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *strigāre, from Latin strix ‎(“screech owl”).

Verb

a striga ‎(third-person singular present strigă, past participle strigat) 1st conj.

1. to call
2. to shout, yell, scream

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (call): chema
• (shout, yell): urla

Derived terms

• strigare
• strigăt
• strigător

Related terms

• strigoi, strigă

Slovak

Etymology

From Romanian strigă, from Latin strīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: stri‧ga

Noun

striga f ‎(genitive singular strigy, nominative plural strigy, declension pattern of žena)

1. witch
2. demon

Declension

Related terms

• strigôň - a male counterpart of striga

Venetian

Alternative forms

• stria, strìa

Etymology

From Latin striga (evil spirit, compare Friulian strie, Italian strega, Ligurian stria, Lombard stria, and also Romanian strigă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.ɡa/

Noun

striga f (plural strighe)

1. witch, sorceress (female who uses magic)

Related terms

• strigar