τρίζω

τρίζω, Od. 24.5, 7, Hp. Morb. 2.55, Arist. HA 504a19, 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),

• 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. HA 536b14; 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. HA 535b25: 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.) δʼ ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers’ backs creaked, Il. 23.714; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, Sor. Fract. 13; τέτριγε δʼ 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, AP 6.54 (Paul.Sil.); of an axle, creak, ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπʼ ἄμαξαν Call. Hec. Fr. 260.68 Pf. [updated ref.]; 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.

τρίζω, fut. τρίσω, auch τρίξω, Hemst. Ar. Plut. 1100 ; häufig im perf. τέτρῑγα mit Präsensbdtg, partic. τετριγῶτες, statt τετριγότες, Il. 2.314 ; schwirren, schrillen, zirpen, zwitschern ; von jungen Vögeln, 2.314 ; vom Schwirren der Fledermäuse, Od. 24.7 ; vgl. Her. 3.110, 4.183 ; und damit wird das Geräusch verglichen, mit dem sich die Seelen der Abgeschiedeuen bewegen, Il. 23.101, Od. 24.5, 9 ; νῶτα τετρίγει, die Rücken der Ringer knirschten, Il. 23.714 ; übh. von feinen, durchdringenden, unartikulierten Tönen, später bes. von der Stimme des Elephanten, Luc. Zeux. 10 ; vom Knirschen der Zähne, τέτριγεν ὁ κυνόδους, Epicharm. bei Ath. X.411b. Auch von leblosen Dingen, ἐπὶ ἁμαξῶν, Zenodot. bei Ammon.; so steht ἐτετρίγει Babr. 52.2 ; auch vom schlingenden Tone des gefeilten Eisens.

τρίζω

Acc. pl. masc. pf. pple. τετριγῶτας Il. 2.314.

Nom. sing. fem. τετριγυῖα Il. 23.101.

Pl. τετριγυῖαι Od. 24.9.

3 sing. plupf. τετρίγει Il. 23.714.

To utter or emit a thin or a sharp piercing sound. Of the cry of birds Il. 2.314.

Of the cry of bats Od. 24.7.

Of the thin cry of the shades of the dead : ψυχὴ ᾤχετο τετριγυῖα Il. 23.101. Cf. Od. 24.5, 9.

Of a part of the body : τετρίγει νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν (creaked as the hands slipped over the skin) Il. 23.714.

τρίζω (cf. strideo, strix), part. τρίζουσαι, perf. part., w. pres. signif., τετρῑγυῖα, τετρῑγῶτες, plup. τετρίγει: of birds, twitter, Il. 2.314; of bats, ghosts, squeak, gibber, Od. 24.5, 7, 9; of wrestlersʼ backs, crack, Il. 23.714.

τρίζω Root !τριγ Formed from the sound Epic part. τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες

• • • 1of animals, to utter a shrill cry, to scream, cry, of young birds, Il.; of bats, Od.; of ghosts (which, in Shaksp., "squeak and gibber"), Hom., etc.
    • 2of other sounds, νῶτα τετρίγει (Epic plup.) the wrestlersʼ backs cracked, Il.; τρ. τοὺς ὀδόντας to gnash the teeth, NTest.; of a musical string, to twang, Anth.