στρωτήρ

A. rafter laid upon the bearing beam; mostly in pl., Ar. Fr. 72; of a drunken man, ὅταν μὴ δύνηταί τις τοὺς στρωτῆρας ἢ τὰς δοκοὺς ἀριθμεῖν Thphr. Vert. 12, cf. IG 22.1672.63, al., 42(1).102.179,235 (Epid., iv B.C.), Ph. Bel. 87.25, Plb. 5.89.6, IG 12(3).324.11 (Thera, ii A.D.): generally, cross-beam, Hp. Art. 7,78; expld. by σανίδες εἰς ὀροφὴν ἐπιτήδειοι, AB 302; opp. δοκοί, Str. 16.4.13; difft. from δοκοί and ἀπότομα, BGU 1546.8 (iii B.C.).