stridor Latin · revision 32262

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la strīdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈstriː.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈstriː.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strīdor''' ''m'' (genitive strīdōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|strīdō|-or|t1=to make a shrill sound]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|strīdō]] as onomatopoeic, with ⟨str-⟩ and ⟨-i-⟩ rendering a high, thrilling tone, and compares [[grc|τρίζω|tr=trízō|t=to squeak]] and [[xto|trisk-|t=to resound]], with initial ⟨tr-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Pacuvius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in a line on the creaking of a ship's rigging.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is any high-pitched or harsh sound: the creak or grating of hard surfaces, as of a saw; the whistling of wind, as Accius' north wind; the whizzing of missiles, as Virgil's whirring spear; a hiss, as Ovid's blood hissing in a burnt wound; the buzzing of bees; and the shriek of people and animals or the shrill note of an instrument, as the magic shriek in Tibullus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is frequent in the poets.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it gnashing, grinding.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|stridor]] (1630s) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of creaking rigging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of the whistling north wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a whirring spear and buzzing bees.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1630s – English [[m|en|stridor]] is borrowed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A harsh, high-pitched sound: a [[m|en|creak]], grating; a whistling of wind; a whizzing; a [[m|en|hiss]]; a buzzing of insects; a shriek.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|gnashing|alt=Gnashing]], grinding.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strido|alt=strīdō]]

+ * [[en|stridor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}