English

Noun

stratus ‎(plural strati)

1. (meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sternō ‎(“spread out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstraː.tus/, [ˈstraː.tʊs]

Participle

strātus m ‎(feminine strāta, neuter strātum); first/second declension

1. spread, stretched out, spread out, having been spread out
2. (rare) calmed, stilled, moderated, having been calmed
3. covered, spread with, scattered with, bestrewn with, having been covered (with)
   1. (of a road, path) paved, covered, having been paved
4. stretched on the ground, cast down, struck down, prostrated, having been struck down
   1. (by extension) knocked to the ground, demolished, razed, levelled, flattened, having been razed

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

strātus m ‎(genitive strātūs); fourth declension

1. the act of spreading, strewing
2. a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket
3. vocative singular of strātus

strātūs

1. nominative plural of strātus
2. genitive singular of strātus
3. accusative plural of strātus
4. vocative plural of strātus

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Synonyms

• (bed-covering): strātum

Descendants

References

• stratus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stratus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• STRATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stratus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a street, a made road: via strata
    
  • (ambiguous) all have perished by the sword: omnia strata sunt ferro
    
• stratus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stratus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly