τρίζω

English (LSJ)

Od.24.5,7, Hp.Morb.2.55, Arist.HA504a19, al.; but pf. τέτριγα is more freq. in pres. sense, Ep. part. τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες, Il.2.314:—prop. of sounds uttered by animals (cf. τριγμός, τρύζω),

   A utter a shrill cry, of young birds, Il.2.314; of bats, Od.24.7, cf. Hdt.3.110; of the Τρωγοδύται, τετρίγασι κατά περ αἱ νυκτερίδες Id.4.183; of partridges, Arist.HA536b14; of the ἴυγξ, ib.504a19; of locusts, Id.Mir.844b26; of young swallows, Luc.Tim.21; of the elephant, Id.Zeux.10; of mice, Arat.1132, Babr.108.23, etc.; of the fish called σελάχη, Arist.HA535b25: also applied to the noise made by ghosts, 'squeak and gibber', Il.23.101, Od.24.5,9; ἔτριζον δίκην ἀσπίδων (αἱ ψυχαί) Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44.    2 of other sounds, τετρίγει (Ep. plpf.) δ' ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers' backs creaked, Il.23.714; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, Sor.Fract.13; τέτριγε δ' ὁ κυνόδων grinds, Epich.21; τὸ τρίζειν ἀκουσίως involuntary gnashing, Gal.7.150; τ. τοὺς ὀδόντας Ev.Marc.9.18; τοῖς ὀδοῦσι Hippiatr.86; of a musical string, give a crack, AP6.54 (Paul. Sil.); of an axle, creak, ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ' ἄμαξαν Call.Hec.1.4.14; so of a cart-wheel, Babr.52.2; of a shoe, Philostr.Ep.37 (τρύζοι codd.); ἡ κοιλίη τ. Hp.Morb.2.55; of singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε ib.15; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, Eup.120.