LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

strāmentum

strāmentum n (genitive strāmentī)
Classical[straːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[straˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

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

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestrāmentumstrāmenta
genitivestrāmentīstrāmentōrum
dativestrāmentōstrāmentīs
accusativestrāmentumstrāmenta
ablativestrāmentōstrāmentīs
vocativestrāmentumstrāmenta

strāmentum, i, n. sterno, I.,
I. that which serves for spreading or littering.
I. Straw, litter (syn. palea): fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum incenderunt, bundles of straw, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15: desectam cum stramento segetem, Liv. 2, 5, 3; Cato, R. R. 5, 7.—Of a straw-bed: in stramentis pernoctare, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 23; Varr. R. R. 1, 50; Col. 6, 3, 1; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 79; Phaedr. 2, 8, 23: si et stramentis incubet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 117 al.; cf.: antiquis enim torus e stramento erat, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193: stramentum ab stratu, quod id substernatur pecori, Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3.—Of a thatched roof: casae, quae more Gallico stramentis erant tectae, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; Liv. 25, 39.—
II. A covering, rug, coverlet, housing, etc. (very rare): mulorum, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: his verbis et vestimenta et stramenta contineri; sine his enim vivere neminem posse, bedclothes, Dig. 50, 16, 234: cameli, Vulg. Gen. 31, 34.

Origins

Variant of strāmen with + -mentum.

Quick answers

What does strāmentum mean in Latin?
strāmentum, a noun, means “straw, litter; thatch; packsaddle”.
What is the genitive of strāmentum?
The genitive singular is strāmentī. strāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce strāmentum?
In classical Latin, [straːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [straˈmɛn.tum].