shrill
shrill
adj.
P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λῐγύ̆ς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, ὀξύ̆μολπος, Ar. and V. ὑ̆πέρτονος.
Raise a shrill cry of triumph: V. ὀλολυγμὸν ἐπορθιάζειν (Aesch. Ag. 28).
Utter shrill cries, v.: V. ὀρθιάζειν.
adj.
P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λῐγύ̆ς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, ὀξύ̆μολπος, Ar. and V. ὑ̆πέρτονος.
Raise a shrill cry of triumph: V. ὀλολυγμὸν ἐπορθιάζειν (Aesch. Ag. 28).
Utter shrill cries, v.: V. ὀρθιάζειν.
SHRILL
canorus (clear loud; opposed to fuscus): ☞ clarisonus is poetical: acutus (high; opposed to gravis): clarus (distinct loud; opposed to obtusus): exilis (slender squeaking as a fault of the voice; whereas the former words imply rather commendation; opposed to plenus full or gravis deep).
canorus (clear loud; opposed to fuscus): ☞ clarisonus is poetical: acutus (high; opposed to gravis): clarus (distinct loud; opposed to obtusus): exilis (slender squeaking as a fault of the voice; whereas the former words imply rather commendation; opposed to plenus full or gravis deep).
shrill (adj.):
1. ăcūtus: the trumpet pours forth s. notes, lituus sonitus effundit a., Enn. Ann. 8, 42: a very s. note, sonus acutissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. Comp.: pĕrăcūtus (very s. and penetrating): a very s. voice,VOX p., Cic. Br. 68, 241.
2. ācer, cris, cre: he cries with a s. voice, voce increpat acri, Lucr. 3, 966: a s. pipe, a. tibia, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 1. Comp.: pĕrācer, cris, cre (very penetrating).
3. altus (high pitched): shout out again in a s.er voice, conclamate iterum altiore voce, Cat. 42, 18. a very s. sound, altissimus sonus, Quint. 11, 3, 23.
4. perh. strīdŭlus (creaking, calculated to jar on the ear): a s. and thin voice, s. et tenuis vox, Sen. Ep. 56.
5. argūtus (used esp. of things which make a sharp, piercing noise, as a saw): Virg. G. 1, 143 the s. twittering swallow, hirundo a., Virg. G. 1, 377.
1. ăcūtus: the trumpet pours forth s. notes, lituus sonitus effundit a., Enn. Ann. 8, 42: a very s. note, sonus acutissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. Comp.: pĕrăcūtus (very s. and penetrating): a very s. voice,
2. ācer, cris, cre: he cries with a s. voice, voce increpat acri, Lucr. 3, 966: a s. pipe, a. tibia, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 1. Comp.: pĕrācer, cris, cre (very penetrating).
3. altus (high pitched): shout out again in a s.er voice, conclamate iterum altiore voce, Cat. 42, 18. a very s. sound, altissimus sonus, Quint. 11, 3, 23.
4. perh. strīdŭlus (creaking, calculated to jar on the ear): a s. and thin voice, s. et tenuis vox, Sen. Ep. 56.
5. argūtus (used esp. of things which make a sharp, piercing noise, as a saw): Virg. G. 1, 143 the s. twittering swallow, hirundo a., Virg. G. 1, 377.
ὀξύς2
ὀξύς εῖα ύ, sharp, bitter, shrill (adjective)
shrill, high-pitched music
κλαγγώδης
shrill, strident
λιγυκλαγγής
shrill
ὀξύκρεκτος
shrill
ὀξύς εῖα ύ, sharp, bitter, shrill (adjective)
appearing fewer than 50 times
διατορίαshrill, high-pitched music
κλαγγώδης
shrill, strident
λιγυκλαγγής
shrill
ὀξύκρεκτος
shrill