strophium
English
Etymology
From Latin strophium, from Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion).
Noun
strophium (plural strophiums)
- A band worn around the breasts, serving as a form of bra.
- Synonyms: breaststrap, breastband
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion), from Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō).
Noun
strophium n (genitive strophiī or strophī); second declension
- A band worn around the breasts (serving as a form of bra)
- Synonyms: amictōrium, mamillāre, fascia pectorālis, pectorāle
Declension
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
- → English: strophium
References
- “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