striga.
evil spirit (supposed to howl at night); vampire; hag/witch (harms children); row/strip/swath; (of cut grain/hay); lengthwise furrow; side-avenue (in military camp); space between squadrons;
Meaning & usage
female evil spirit or nocturnal apparition nightmare
female evil spirit or nocturnal apparition vampire
female evil spirit or nocturnal apparition witch; hag
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρίγα (stríga), the accusative of στρίξ (stríx, “owl”), which also gave strī̆x (“screech owl; witch”), probably of onomatopoeic origin and related to Latin strīdō (“to make a shrill sound”). Compare typologically Russian карга́ (kargá), also considered borrowed, akin to Turkish karga.
a strip, row or line
a windrow
a strip of ground longer than it is broad
a side-avenue in camp
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *strigā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to brush, strip, shear”) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, tie”).
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