LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

strāmen

strāmen n (genitive strāminis)
Classical[ˈstraː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[ˈstraː.men]

Meaning

  1. litter (straw for bedding)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestrāmenstrāmina
genitivestrāminisstrāminum
dativestrāminīstrāminibus
accusativestrāmenstrāmina
ablativestrāminestrāminibus
vocativestrāmenstrāmina

strāmen, ĭnis, n. sterno, I.,
I. straw, litter spread under any thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); sing.: tectam stramine vidit Forte casam, Ov. M. 5, 447; id. H. 5, 15; Verg. A. 11, 67; Sil. 10, 562; Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 3, 701; id. F. 3, 184; Stat. Th. 6, 56: straminum mollities, of a bed, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8.

Origins

Given the existence of parallel formations in Sanskrit स्तरी॑मन् (stárīman) and Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma), it may derive from Proto-Italic *strāmen, from Proto-Indo-European *stérh₃mn̥ (“that which is strewn; bedding”), from the root *sterh₃- (“to spread, scatter, strew”) + *-mn̥ (deverbal abstract noun–forming suffix). However, the EIEC suggests that these formations may be independent, but parallel innovations. For the root, compare English strew, straw and Latin storea, strāges and torus.

Descendants
  • Italianstrame
  • Portugueseestrume
  • Galicianestrume

In English words that came into English from strāmen

  • stramineousstrāmineus
  • stramenopilestrāmen

Quick answers

What does strāmen mean in Latin?
strāmen, a noun, means “litter (straw for bedding)”.
What is the genitive of strāmen?
The genitive singular is strāminis. strāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce strāmen?
In classical Latin, [ˈstraː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstraː.men].