strophium

English

Etymology

From Latin strophium, from Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion).

Noun

strophium (plural strophiums)

1. (historical) A band worn around the breasts, serving as a form of bra in ancient times.

   Synonyms: breaststrap, breastband, breast-girdle

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρόφιον (stróphion), from Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō).

Noun

strophium n (genitive strophiī or strophī); second declension

1. A band worn around the breasts (serving as a form of bra)

   Synonyms: amictōrium, mamillāre, fascia pectorālis, pectorāle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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, 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