stramentum

Latin

Etymology

Variant of strāmen with +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /straːˈmen.tum/, [s̠t̪räːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /straˈmen.tum/, [st̪räˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

strāmentum n (genitive strāmentī); second declension

1. straw, litter
2. thatch
3. packsaddle
4. stem of grain or grasses in general

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	strāmentum	strāmenta
genitive	strāmentī	strāmentōrum
dative	strāmentō	strāmentīs
accusative	strāmentum	strāmenta
ablative	strāmentō	strāmentīs
vocative	strāmentum	strāmenta

References

• “stramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stramentum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “stramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stramentum 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)
• stramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.