στρῶμα

A. 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 bird's 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. horsecloth, horse-trappings, X. Cyr. 8.8.19, Antiph. 109, cf. Poll. 1.183; trappings of an ass, Luc. Asin. 38.

II. pavement, IG 12.313.71, 22.1666, 7.4255.6 (Oropus, iv B.C.), Inscr.Délos 502 A 24 (iii B.C.), IG 12(8).380 (Thasos), etc.