stramen
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
strāmen: ĭnis, n. sterno, I.,
I straw, litter spread under any thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); sing.: 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
strāmen,¹⁴ ĭnis, n. (sterno), ce qu’on étend à terre, lit de paille, d’herbe, de feuillage, litière Virg. En. 11, 67 ; Ov. M. 5, 447, etc.; pl., Ov. M. 8, 701 ; F. 3, 184.
