στρωμνή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρώννυμι (strṓnnumi, “to spread, make one's bed”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /strɔːm.nɛ̌ː/ → /stromˈni/ → /stromˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /strɔːm.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stromˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stromˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stromˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stromˈni/

Noun

στρωμνή • (strōmnḗ) f (genitive στρωμνῆς); first declension

1. bed spread or prepared
2. (in general) bed, couch

   Synonyms: κλίνη (klínē), λέκτρον (léktron)

3. mattress, bedding

   Synonyms: κράββατος (krábbatos), στρῶμα (strôma)

Declension

First declension of ἡ στρωμνή; τῆς στρωμνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στρωμνή hē strōmnḗ	τὼ στρωμνᾱ́ tṑ strōmnā́	αἱ στρωμναί hai strōmnaí
Genitive	τῆς στρωμνῆς tês strōmnês	τοῖν στρωμναῖν toîn strōmnaîn	τῶν στρωμνῶν tôn strōmnôn
Dative	τῇ στρωμνῇ têi strōmnêi	τοῖν στρωμναῖν toîn strōmnaîn	ταῖς στρωμναῖς taîs strōmnaîs
Accusative	τὴν στρωμνήν tḕn strōmnḗn	τὼ στρωμνᾱ́ tṑ strōmnā́	τᾱ̀ς στρωμνᾱ́ς tā̀s strōmnā́s
Vocative	στρωμνή strōmnḗ	στρωμνᾱ́ strōmnā́	στρωμναί strōmnaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στρωμνάομαι (strōmnáomai)
• στρωμνηφόρος (strōmnēphóros)

 

Further reading

• “στρωμνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στρωμνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στρωμνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette