LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

strīdor

strīdor m (genitive strīdōris)
Classical[ˈstriː.dɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈstriː.dor]

Meaning

  1. a harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking sound

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestrīdorstrīdōrēs
genitivestrīdōrisstrīdōrum
dativestrīdōrīstrīdōribus
accusativestrīdōremstrīdōrēs
ablativestrīdōrestrīdōribus
vocativestrīdorstrīdōrēs

strīdor, ōris, m. strideo,
I. any harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking sound; a creaking, hissing, rattling, buzzing, whizzing, whistling, etc. (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf.: strepitus, clangor): serpentis, Ov. M. 9, 65; cf. id. ib. 8, 287: elephantorum, Hirt. B. Afr. 72, 5; 84, 1; Liv. 30, 18; 44, 5: stellionis, id. 29, 4: simiae, Ov. M. 14, 100: volant pinnarum stridore (locustae), Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104: Troglodytis stridor, non vox, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45: horrifer Aquiloni' stridor, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 567 Rib.): ne stridorem quidem serrae, cum acuitur (audiunt), Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; id. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: procellae, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 47: rudentum, Verg. A. 1, 87; Ov. M. 11, 495: januae, id. ib. 11, 608: dentium, Cels. 2, 7; Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267: pinnarum, id. 11, 29, 35, § 104: lituum, Luc. 1, 237: catenae, Juv. 14, 23: harena, quae manu confricata fecerit stridorem, Vitr. 2, 4 et saep.: tribuni plebis stridor, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: stridor acutus, Hor. C. 1, 34, 15; Sil. 6, 179; Petr. 122: consonantium tristior stridor, Quint. 9, 4, 37.—Plur.: stridores aurium, Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 45.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin strīdor From strīdō (“to make a shrill sound, shriek”) + -or.

Descendants
  • Catalanestridor
  • Englishstridor
  • Italianstridore
  • Portugueseestridor
  • Romanianstridor
  • Spanishestridor

Quick answers

What does strīdor mean in Latin?
strīdor, a noun, means “a harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking sound”.
What is the genitive of strīdor?
The genitive singular is strīdōris. strīdor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce strīdor?
In classical Latin, [ˈstriː.dɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstriː.dor].