στρίγξ
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
German (Pape)
[Seite 954] ἡ, gen. στριγγός, 1) ein Nachtvogel, nach seiner kreischenden Stimme benannt, strix, Festus. – 2) die Reihe, Zeile, vgl. στίχος u. das lat. strigo.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
(αμάρτυρος τ. ονομ.) βλ. στριξ.
Frisk Etymological English
1.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: owl (Carm. Pop., Theognost.); cf. στρίγλος ... οἱ δε νυκτοκόρακα H.
Other forms: Also στλίξ), acc. στρίγγα.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation as γλαῦξ, σκώψ, λύγξ a.o. and identical with Lat. strix, -gis screech-owl (since Plaut.) except for the nasal, perh. as loan. After usual supposition sound-imitating to τρίζω (s. v.) and strideō. Diff. Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Grundsprache 37 (with Meister): to Lat. stringō as "the striking (slipping past)". -- The word looks like a Pre-Greek word (with prenasalization).
