Latin edit

Etymology edit

strīdō (to whiz) +‎ -ulus (-ing).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

strīdulus (feminine strīdula, neuter strīdulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative strīdulus strīdula strīdulum strīdulī strīdulae strīdula
Genitive strīdulī strīdulae strīdulī strīdulōrum strīdulārum strīdulōrum
Dative strīdulō strīdulō strīdulīs
Accusative strīdulum strīdulam strīdulum strīdulōs strīdulās strīdula
Ablative strīdulō strīdulā strīdulō strīdulīs
Vocative strīdule strīdula strīdulum strīdulī strīdulae strīdula

Descendants edit

  • English: stridulous
  • French: striduleux
  • Italian: stridulo

References edit

  • stridulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stridulus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • stridulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press