strophium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin strophium, from Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion).

Noun

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strophium (plural strophiums)

  1. A band worn around the breasts, serving as a form of bra.
    Synonyms: breaststrap, breastband

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion), from Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō).

Noun

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strophium n (genitive strophiī or strophī); second declension

  1. A band worn around the breasts (serving as a form of bra)
    Synonyms: amictōrium, mamillāre, fascia pectorālis, pectorāle

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strophium strophia
Genitive strophiī
strophī1
strophiōrum
Dative strophiō strophiīs
Accusative strophium strophia
Ablative strophiō strophiīs
Vocative strophium strophia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • English: strophium

References

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  • strophium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strophium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strophium 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)
  • strophium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • strophium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strophium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin