Translingual

Proper noun

Strix f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Striginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Strix aluco - type species; for other species see Strix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Noun

strix f ‎(genitive strigis); third declension

1. channel, groove, furrow

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• strīga

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek στρίγξ ‎(strínx) "screecher".

Noun

strix f ‎(genitive strigis); third declension

1. screech owl, believed to suck the blood of young children
2. (hence) witch

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• strīga

Descendants

• English: strigine
• Esperanto: strigo
• Ido: strigo
• Italian: stregheria
• Portuguese: estrige

References

• strix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• strix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “strix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.