English

Noun

strophium ‎(plural strophiums)

1. A band worn around the breasts, serving as a form of bra.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρέφω ‎(stréphō).

Noun

strophium n ‎(genitive strophiī); second declension

1. A band worn around the breasts (serving as a form of bra)

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• strophium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• strophium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• STROPHIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “strophium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• strophium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• strophium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin