stramen
From LSJ
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους → yes, the man is now inside, his face and hands that have slaughtered with the sword dripping with sweat
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
strāmen: ĭnis, n. sterno, I.,
I straw, litter spread under any thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); <number opt="n">sing.</number>: tectam stramine vidit Forte casam, Ov. M. 5, 447; id. H. 5, 15; Verg. A. 11, 67; Sil. 10, 562; Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 3, 701; id. F. 3, 184; Stat. Th. 6, 56: straminum mollities, of a bed, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8.
