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 στρί̆ξ; τῆς στρῐγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στρί̆ξ hē stríx	τὼ στρῐ́γε tṑ stríge	αἱ στρῐ́γες hai stríges
Genitive	τῆς στρῐγός tês strigós	τοῖν στρῐγοῖν toîn strigoîn	τῶν στρῐγῶν tôn strigôn
Dative	τῇ στρῐγῐ́ têi strigí	τοῖν στρῐγοῖν toîn strigoîn	ταῖς στρῐξῐ́ / στρῐξῐ́ν taîs strixí(n)
Accusative	τὴν στρῐ́γᾰ tḕn stríga	τὼ στρῐ́γε tṑ stríge	τᾱ̀ς στρῐ́γᾰς tā̀s strígas
Vocative	στρί̆ξ stríx	στρῐ́γε stríge	στρῐ́γες stríges
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