στρίξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στλίξ (stlíx)
• στρίγξ (strínx)

Etymology

The formation is similar to γλαῦξ (glaûx) and λύγξ (lúnx). The Greek word is often assumed to be influenced by or derived from τρίζω (trízō, “to squeak”), but its facultative nasal may point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stríks/ → /striks/ → /striks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stríks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /striks/

Noun

στρίξ • (stríx) f (genitive στρῐγός); third declension

1. owl

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στρῐ́ξ; τῆς στρῐγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στρῐ́ξ hē strĭ́x	τὼ στρῐ́γε tṑ strĭ́ge	αἱ στρῐ́γες hai strĭ́ges
Genitive	τῆς στρῐγός tês strĭgós	τοῖν στρῐγοῖν toîn strĭgoîn	τῶν στρῐγῶν tôn strĭgôn
Dative	τῇ στρῐγῐ́ têi strĭgĭ́	τοῖν στρῐγοῖν toîn strĭgoîn	ταῖς στρῐξῐ́ / στρῐξῐ́ν taîs strĭxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν στρῐ́γᾰ tḕn strĭ́gă	τὼ στρῐ́γε tṑ strĭ́ge	τᾱ̀ς στρῐ́γᾰς tā̀s strĭ́găs
Vocative	στρῐ́ξ strĭ́x	στρῐ́γε strĭ́ge	στρῐ́γες strĭ́ges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: strix
  • ⇒ Romanian: striga (“to call, shout”)
  • ⇒ Sicilian: strìgula (“barn owl”)
  • → English: strigine
  • → Esperanto: strigo
  • → Ido: strigo
  • → Italian: strige
  • → Portuguese: estrige
  • → Spanish: estrige
• Translingual: Strix

Further reading

• “στρίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στρίξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN