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στρῶμα

στρῶμα, bed, mattress, cover

στρῶμα, ατος, τό, (στρώννυμι)
  • anything spread or laid out for lying or sitting upon, mattress, bed, ἀσπάλαθοι δὲ τάπησιν ὁμοῖον στρῶμα θανόντι Thgn. 1193, cf. PEleph. 5.5 (iii B.C.), etc.; used on the funeral bier, IG 12(5).593.3 (Ceos, v B.C.), Schwyzer 323 C 29 (Delph., iv B.C.): pl., bedclothes, coverings of a dinner-couch, Ar. Ach. 1090, Nu. 37, 1069, al.; of a birdʼs nest, Arist. HA 616a2; σ. πορφυρόβαπτα Pl. Com. 208; coupled with ἱμάτια, ἔπιπλα, Lys. 32.16; αἴρεσθαι τὰ σ. Ar. Ra. 596 (lyr.); σ. ὑποσπᾶν to pull the bed from under one, D. 24.197: cf. στρωματεύς 1.
      • 2 horse-cloth, horse-trappings, X. Cyr. 8.8.19, Antiph. 109, cf. Poll. 1.183; trappings of an ass, Luc. Asin. 38.
    • II pavement, IG 1(2).313.71, 2(2).1666B37, 7.4255.6 (Oropus, iv B.C.), Inscr.Délos 502 A 24 (iii B.C.), IG 12(8).380 (Thasos), etc.

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