strena

See also: štrena

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstreː.na/, [ˈs̠t̪reːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.na/, [ˈst̪rɛːnä]

Noun

strēna f (genitive strēnae); first declension

1. sign, omen (favourable)
2. New Year's gift

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strēna	strēnae
Genitive	strēnae	strēnārum
Dative	strēnae	strēnīs
Accusative	strēnam	strēnās
Ablative	strēnā	strēnīs
Vocative	strēna	strēnae

Descendants

• Catalan: estrena
• Italian: strenna
• Ladino: estrena
• Old French: estreine
  • French: étrenne
• Old Portuguese: *estrẽa
  • Galician: estrea
  • Portuguese: estreia
• Sicilian: strina
• Spanish: estrena, estreno

References

• “strena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• strena 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)
• strena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Etymology

From English strainer.

Noun

strena

1. coffee or tea strainer