Meaning of strix | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A golden nugget.
   Spain, declension-3, feminine
2. a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)
   declension-3
3. an evil spirit, a vampire or a harpy who sucked the blood of children and caused nightmares
   broadly, declension-3

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: būbō, noctua, ulula, parra”

“eī hominēs cēnās ubi coquont, cum condiunt, nōn condīmentīs condiunt, sed strīgibus, vīvīs convīvīs intestīna quae exedint.”

Those people, when they cook dinners, when they season them, season them not with seasonings, but with screech-owls that would eat up the living guests' guts. (This is in iambic senarii.)

“Praebuit illa arbor miserō suspendia collō, Carnificī dīrās praebuit illa crucēs; Illa dedit turpēs raucīs būbōnibus umbrās, Vulturis in rāmīs et strĭgis ōva tulit.”

That tree offered a hanging to an unfortunate neck; it offered dreadful crosses to the executioner; it gave foul shade to hoarse owls; it held the vulture's and screech-owl's eggs on its branches. (This is in elegiac couplets.)

“est illīs strĭgibus nōmen; sed nōminis huius causa, quod horrendum strīdere nocte solent. Screech-owls they're called; but the reason for this name is that they are wont to screech dreadfully at night. (This is an elegiac couplet; “strī̆x” was associated with and in fact indirectly relates to the Latin strīdō, “to screech”.)”

“nōn comes obscūrus tripodum, nōn fulminis ārdēns vector adest, flāvaeque sonāns avis unca Minervae nōn venit auguriīs melior; quīn vultur et altīs dēsuper accipitrēs exultāvēre rapīnīs. mōnstra volant: dīrae strīdunt in nūbe volucrēs, nocturnaeque gemunt strĭgĕs et fērālia būbō damna canēns.”

No the dark companion of the tripods [the raven], no burning lightning-bearer [the eagle] is there, and no hooting and clawed bird of golden-haired Minerva [the owl] comes auspiciously to the auguries; instead, a vulture and hawks up above have rejoiced at their lofty plunder. Evil omens are aflight: ominous birds shriek in the clouds, and the nocturnal screech-owls and the death-like horned owl cry, singing of loss. (This is in dactylic hexameters.)

“Hispānia strigēs vocat aurī parvolās māssās.”

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