strophium
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Searchable Lemmata: strophium (L), stropha.
Alternate Forms: strophe, strophea, stropheum, strophina, strophius, trophium.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Accessory;
a word with several meanings. It comes from a Greek root meaning 'turn, twist', and as a garment term referred to strips of leather or fabric worn on the body. The most common early sense was as a woman's breast-band. Used in post-Classical Latin and the medieval period to refer to a woman's belt or girdle; also, such articles worn by men.(ante 800 - circa 1475)
1. Zona Graecum est, quam illi ZONARIN, nos cingulum nuncupamus. Strophium est cingulum aureum cum gemmis. De quo ait Cinna (Catull. 64,65): Strophio lactantes cincta papillas; et Prudentius (PERI STEF 25,4): Nomen hoc gemmae strophio inligata est.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,33,3)]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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1b(n.)
Accessory;
equated in one glossarial source with a baldric (q.v.); MED suggests that in this instance baldric is intended to mean 'breast-band, stay' (as the original Classical Latin sense of strophium; see 1a above), but it is equally likely that the general sense 'belt, girdle' is intended.(circa 1440)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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2(n.)
Decoration;
a strip or band of fabric or thread; see also list.(ante 1300 - circa 1440)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical Latin, derived from Greek στρόφιον 'a band', from the root of the Greek στροϕειν 'turn'. In some Latin instances found aphetically as 'trophium', possibly due to influence from Latin tropheum 'trophy, prize, triumph'.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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