τρίζω

A. 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.) 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 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 ὑπ’ ἄμαξαν Call. 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 singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε ib.15; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, Eup. 120.