στρωτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρώννυμι (strṓnnumi, “to spread, stretch”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /strɔː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stroˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stroˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stroˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stroˈtir/
Noun
στρωτήρ • (strōtḗr) m (genitive στρωτῆρος); third declension
- (architecture) rafter laid upon the bearing beam
- (in general) crossbeam, girder
Declension
Third declension of ὁ στρωτήρ; τοῦ στρωτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στρωτήρ ho strōtḗr | τὼ στρωτῆρε tṑ strōtêre | οἱ στρωτῆρες hoi strōtêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στρωτῆρος toû strōtêros | τοῖν στρωτήροιν toîn strōtḗroin | τῶν στρωτήρων tôn strōtḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στρωτῆρῐ tôi strōtêri | τοῖν στρωτήροιν toîn strōtḗroin | τοῖς στρωτῆρσῐ / στρωτῆρσῐν toîs strōtêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στρωτῆρᾰ tòn strōtêra | τὼ στρωτῆρε tṑ strōtêre | τοὺς στρωτῆρᾰς toùs strōtêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | στρωτήρ strōtḗr | στρωτῆρε strōtêre | στρωτῆρες strōtêres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στρωτηρίδιον (strōtērídion)
- στρωτήριον (strōtḗrion)
Further reading
- “στρωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρωτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette