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Stria
Stri′a
,Noun.
pl.
Striae
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. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.]
1.
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation;
as, the
. striae
, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae
on the surface of a shell; a stria
of nervous matter in the brain2.
(Arch.)
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
Oxf. Gloss.
Definition 2024
stria
stria
English
Noun
stria (plural striae or striæ)
- A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
- A stretch mark.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *streyg-, see also English streak, German strieme (“streak, stripe”), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstri.a/
Noun
stria f (genitive striae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stria | striae |
| genitive | striae | striārum |
| dative | striae | striīs |
| accusative | striam | striās |
| ablative | striā | striīs |
| vocative | stria | striae |
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Etymology 2
From strix (screech owl).
Noun
Medieval variant of striga (witch).
References
- stria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- STRIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.