stramen
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *strōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *stérh₃mn̥, from the root *sterh₃- (“to spread, scatter, strew”) + *-mn̥ (deverbal abstract noun–forming suffix); equivalent to the root of sternō (“I spread, bestrew”) + -men. Cognate with Sanskrit स्तरिमन् (stariman, “that which is strewn; bedding, bedclothes, bed, couch”), स्तरीमन् (stárīman, “strewing, spreading”) and Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bedding, bedclothes”). For the root, compare English strew, straw and Latin storea, strāges and torus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstraː.men/, [ˈs̠t̪räːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstra.men/, [ˈst̪räːmen]
Noun edit
strāmen n (genitive strāminis); third declension
- litter (straw for bedding)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | strāmen | strāmina |
| Genitive | strāminis | strāminum |
| Dative | strāminī | strāminibus |
| Accusative | strāmen | strāmina |
| Ablative | strāmine | strāminibus |
| Vocative | strāmen | strāmina |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stramen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.