τρίζω, 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),
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 νυκτερίδεσId.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 ὀδόντασEv.Marc.9.18; τοῖς ὀδοῦσιHippiatr.86; of a musical string,
give a crack,
AP6.54 (Paul. Sil.); of an axle,
creak,
ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ' ἄμαξανCall.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