strix

See also: Strix

English

Etymology

From Latin strix, from Ancient Greek στρίγξ (strínx) “screecher”.

Noun

strix (plural strixes or striges)

  1. (mythology) A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.
    • 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 69:
      What was distinctive about the strix was that […] it resembled an owl, or (to a lesser extent) a bat, being a winged, clawed creature, which flew by night and had a hideous screeching cry.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). See stringō.

Noun

strix f (genitive strigis); third declension

  1. channel, groove, furrow
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strix strigēs
Genitive strigis strigum
Dative strigī strigibus
Accusative strigem strigēs
Ablative strige strigibus
Vocative strix strigēs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”).

Noun

strix f (genitive strigis); third declension

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

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strix strigēs
Genitive strigis strigum
Dative strigī strigibus
Accusative strigem strigēs
Ablative strige strigibus
Vocative strix strigēs
Derived terms
Descendants

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
  • strix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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