(v. a.adj.) : sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 (
* Pluperf. sync. strarat, Manil. 1, 774: strasset, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 8), v. a. Gr. root ΣΤΟΡ, στορέννυμι, to spread; στρατός, camp; Sanscr. star- strnāmi = sterno; cf.: strages, struo, torus, and lātus, adj., old Lat. stlatus, to spread out, spread abroad; to stretch out, extend.
* Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; in Cic. only in the part. perf.; cf.: effundo, extendo, subicio, subdo): vestes,Ov. M. 8, 658: in duro vellus solo,id. F. 4, 654: bubulos utres ponte,Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176: hic glarea dura Sternitur,Tib. 1, 7, 60: natas sub aequore virgas Sternit,i. e. scatters, strews,Ov. M. 4, 743: harenam,id. F. 3, 813; id. Am. 2, 14, 8: herbas,id. M. 7, 254: poma passim,Verg. E. 7, 54: spongeas ad lunam et pruinas,Plin. 31, 11. 47, § 123: arma per flores,Grat. Cyneg. 487: fessi sternunt corpora,stretch out their bodies, lie down,Liv. 27, 47, 9; cf.: sternunt se somno diversae in litore phocae,Verg. G. 4, 432.—Mid.: sternimur optatae gremio telluris,Verg. A. 3, 509; and: in Capitolinas certatim scanditur arces Sternunturque Jovi,Sil. 12, 340.—Part. perf.: strātus, a, um, stretched out, lying down, prostrate (syn. prostratus): strata terrae, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.): nos humi strati,Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22: quidam somno etiam strati,Liv. 37, 20, 5: ad pedes strati,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: stratum jacere et genua complecti,Quint. 6, 1, 34: nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus,Hor. C. 1, 1, 21.
* Of places, to extend: insulae Frisiorum, Chaucorum, etc. ... sternuntur inter Helium ac Flevum,stretch out, extend,Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101; 3, 5, 9, § 60; hence, vites stratae,spreading,Col. 5, 4, 2 (for Nep. Milt. 5, 3, v. under rarus, II. A.).
* Transf.
* Trop. (the figure borrowed from the sea), to calm, still, moderate: odia militum,Tac. H. 1, 58 (cf.: constrata ira,Stat. S. 2, 5, 1).
* To cover, cover over (by spreading something out; the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf. obtendo).
* Of a couch, bed, etc., to spread, prepare, arrange, make: lectus vestimentis stratus est,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; cf.: strata cubilia sunt herbis,Lucr. 5, 1417: rogatus est a Maximo, ut triclinium sterneret ... Atque ille stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos Punicanos,Cic. Mur. 36, 75; so, lectum, lectos, biclinium, triclinia, etc.,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 33; id. Most. 1, 4, 14; id. Men. 2, 3, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 70; id. Ps. 1, 2, 31; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 73; id. Ad. 2, 4, 21; Cic. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51: his foliis cubitus sternere,Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59: torum frondibus,Juv. 6, 5: strata cathedra,cushioned,id. 9, 52; cf. also, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; and absol.: jubet sterni sibi in primā domus parte (sc. lectum),Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.
* To stretch out by flinging down, to throw down, stretch on the ground, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate (mostly poet., esp. in Verg.; in prose not before the Aug. period; in Cic. only once in the trop. sense; v.the foll.; cf. profligo): cujus casus prolapsi cum proximos sterneret,Liv. 5, 47: circa jacentem ducem sterne Gallorum catervas,id. 7, 26, 8: turbam invadite ac sternite omnia ferro,id. 24, 38, 7: alius sit fortis in armis, Sternat et adversos Marte favente duces,Tib. 1, 10, 30: caede viros,Verg. A. 10, 119: aliquem leto,id. ib. 8, 566: morte,id. ib. 11, 796; Liv. 31, 21, 15; Ov. M. 12, 604: adversā prensis a fronte capillis Stravit humi pronam,id. ib. 2, 477: primosque et extremos Stravit humum, Hor. C. 4, 14, 32: sternitur volnere,Verg. A. 10, 781: impetus per stratos caede hostes,Liv. 4, 29, 1: aliquem morti,Verg. A. 12, 464: irae Thyesten exitio gravi Stravere,Hor. C. 1, 16, 18: corpore toto Sternitur in vultus,Stat. Th. 12, 318: sternitur, et toto projectus corpore terrae,Verg. A. 11, 87: toto praecipitem sternit,Sil. 4, 182: hostes,Just. 2, 11, 13: Ajax stravit ferro pecus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 202: sternitur et procumbit humi bos,Verg. A. 5, 481: strata belua texit humum,Ov. H. 10, 106: rapidus torrens Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta,Verg. A. 2, 306: moenia,to overthrow, demolish,Ov. M. 12, 550; cf.: stratis ariete muris,Liv. 1, 29, 2: sternit a culmine Trojam,Verg. A. 2, 603; so, (elephanti) stabula Indorum dentibus sternunt,Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27.
* To saddle: equos,Liv. 37, 20, 12; 37, 20, 4; Veg. 5, 77: asinum,Vulg. Gen. 22, 3.
* Strāta, ae, f. (sc. via), a paved road or way (post-class.), Eutr. 9, 15: amplas sternite jam stratas,Juvenc. 1, 315: in margine stratae,id. 3, 656.
* Strātum, i, n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; acc. to II. A.).
* A bed-covering, a coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster: lecti mollia strata,Lucr. 4, 849: proripere se e strato,Suet. Calig. 51; Ov. M. 5, 34; 10, 267.
* Meton. (pars pro toto), a bed, couch: haud segnis strato surgit Palinurus,Verg. A. 3, 513; cf. id. ib. 8, 415; 3, 176: tale,Nep. Ages. 8: quies neque molli strato neque silentio arcessita,Liv. 21, 4, 7.—Plur.: strataque quae membris intepuere tuis,Ov. H. 10, 54: dura,id. Am. 1, 2, 2; Luc. 1, 239.—Once also (sc. lectus) in the masc., Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.
* A horsecloth, housing, a saddle, Ov. M. 8, 33; Liv. 7, 14, 7; Sen. Ep. 80, 9; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202. —Prov.: qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit (v. asinum),Petr. 45, 8.
* A pavement: saxea viarum,Lucr. 1, 315; 4, 415: extraneum, Petr. poët. 55, 6, 11.