strophium
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
strŏphĭum: ii, n., = στρόφιον (a band).
I A band, breast-band, stay, worn by females under the breasts, Plaut., Turp., Varr., and Cic. ap. Non. 538, 7 sq.: tereti strophio vincta papillas, Cat. 64, 65: a strophio, a psalterio, a flagitio, est factus, repente popularis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; cf.: strophium est fascia brevis, quae virginalem tumorem cohibet papillarum, Non. l. l. —
II A head-band, chaplet, Verg. Copa, 32; Prud. Cath. 3, 26; esp. of priests; cf. Fest. s. v. stroppus, p. 313 Müll.—
III A rope: ancoralia, cables, App. M. 11, p. 265, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
strŏphĭum,¹⁴ ĭī, n. (στρόφιον), strophium,
1 [bande qui soutenait la gorge des femmes] : Varro et Cic. d. Non. 538, 7 ; Catul. 64, 65 ; Cic. Har. 44
2 couronne : Virg. Copa 32
3 corde, attache : Apul. M. 11, 16.
