strido Latin · revision 33327

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=onomatopoeia|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strīdō''' (present infinitive strīdere, perfect active strīdī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ A second-conjugation form ''strīdeō, strīdēre'' is found from Lucretius on.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ De Vaan calls it an imitative formation, with /str/ and /i/ rendering a high, thrilling tone.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[grc|τρίζω|tr=trízō|t=to squeak]] and [[xto|trisk-|t=to resound]], which begin with /tr/.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' have shields resounding and the iron point whizzing: ''clipei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make a high-pitched, shrill sound, by friction (to creak or grate, as a door in Pacuvius), by wind (to whistle or shriek, as the sea in Virgil's ''Georgics''), by rapid movement (to whirr or whizz), and by effervescence (to hiss).^(OLD 2012) It is also used of the shrill cries of people and animals, as in Accius, and of musical instruments, as Catullus' pipe shrilling with a dreadful tune.^(OLD 2012) With an ablative it means to be filled with a shrill sound, as the air in Virgil whistling with spears.^(OLD 2012) Its derivative [[strīdor]] is found from Pacuvius on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, of a spear point whizzing.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus, of a shrill pipe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of the sea and of air whistling with spears.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a shrill or harsh sound: to [[m|en|creak]], grate; to whistle, shriek; to whirr, whizz, hum; to [[m|en|hiss]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of people and animals: to cry shrilly; of instruments: to sound shrill.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be filled with a shrill sound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[instrīdō]]

+ * [[perstrīdō]]

+ * [[strīdor]]

+ * [[strīdulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strīx]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}