Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The owls, or Strigidæ in a broad sense, as a suborder of Raptores; the nocturnal birds of prey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
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Romans called the owl strix pl. striges, the same word that meant "witch."
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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[4] "They are called owls (striges) because they are accustomed to screech (stridere) by night."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 530, January 21, 1832 Various
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From the description given of the ‘striges’ in the Sixth Book of the Fasti, it would almost appear that the qualities of the vampyre bat were attributed to them.] [Footnote 37: _Water snake.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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Petron.c. 134;) and from the words of Petronius, (quae striges comederunt nervos tuos?) it may be inferred that the prejudice was of
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Petron.c. 134;) and from the words of Petronius, (quae striges comederunt nervos tuos?) it may be inferred that the prejudice was of Italian rather than Barbaric extraction.] 56 Quia incerti sumus de judicio Dei, et multos audivimus per pugnam sine justa causa suam causam perdere.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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