strido

      Italian

      Noun

      strido m (plural strida f)

      1. shriek, scream, squeak

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      strido

      1. first-person singular present indicative of stridere

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      present active strīdō, present infinitive strīdere, perfect active strīdī. (no passive)

      1. I utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzz.
        • 29-19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid, 8.420
          striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
          Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires

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      • strido in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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