στρωτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρώννυμι (strṓnnumi, “to spread, stretch”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /strɔː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /stroˈtir/ → /stroˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /strɔː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stroˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stroˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stroˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stroˈtir/

Noun

στρωτήρ • (strōtḗr) m (genitive στρωτῆρος); third declension

1. (architecture) rafter laid upon the bearing beam
2. (in general) crossbeam, girder

Declension

Third declension of ὁ στρωτήρ; τοῦ στρωτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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