stridulus

Latin

Etymology

    From strīdō (“to whiz”) + -ulus (“-ing”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    Descendants

    • → English: stridulous
    • → French: striduleux
      • → German: stridulös
    • → Italian: stridulo

    References

    • “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