strena

See also: štrena

Latin

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Sabine, from Proto-Italic *stregsno-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *streg-sno-, from *(s)treg-, *(s)terg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”), and cognate with Old Irish trén (“strong”), Icelandic þrek (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstreː.na/, [ˈs̠t̪reːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.na/, [ˈst̪rɛːnä]

Noun

strēna f (genitive strēnae); first declension

1. an auspicious sign, a (favorable) omen
2. New Year's gift

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strēna	strēnae
Genitive	strēnae	strēnārum
Dative	strēnae	strēnīs
Accusative	strēnam	strēnās
Ablative	strēnā	strēnīs
Vocative	strēna	strēnae

Derived terms

• instrenuus
• Strenia
• strenuitas
• strenuosus
• strenuus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: estrena
• Italian: strenna
• Ladino: estrena
• Old French: estreine
  • French: étrenne
• Old Galician-Portuguese: *estrẽa
  • Galician: estrea
  • Portuguese: estreia
• Sicilian: strina
• Spanish: estrena, estreno

References

• “strena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• strena 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)
• strena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English strainer.

Noun

strena

1. coffee or tea strainer