stragulum

English

Etymology

From Latin stragulum (“a spread or covering”).

Noun

stragulum (plural stragula)

  1. (zoology) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
  2. (botany) The palea of grasses.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Substantivized neuter of strāgulus.

Noun

strāgulum n (genitive strāgulī); second declension

  1. rug, carpet
  2. mattress
  3. covering, spread, bedspread
  4. horsecloth

Etymology 2

Adjective

strāgulum

  1. inflection of strāgulus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • “stragulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stragulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "stragulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “stragulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) drapery: vestis stragula or simply vestis
  • “stragulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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