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|lshtext=<b>strāgŭlus</b>: a, um, adj. [[sterno]], I.; v. the passages from Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll. under II.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] serves for spreading or [[covering]] [[over]] [[any]] [[thing]] (viz., [[over]] a [[bed]]).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: [[vestis]], a [[covering]], bedspread, [[coverlet]], [[blanket]], [[rug]], [[carpet]], etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; 2, 4, 26; 2, 1, 10; 2, 2, 7; 2, 2, 72; Liv. 39, 6; 34, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 118 al.; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; cf.: in strato omne [[vestimentum]] contineri, [[quod]] iniciatur, [[Labeo]] ait; [[neque]] [[enim]] dubium est, [[quin]] stragula [[vestis]] [[sit]] omne [[pallium]], [[quod]] [[Graeci]] [[περίστρωμα]] vocant. In victu [[ergo]] vestem accipiemus, non stragula, in stratu omnem stragulam vestem, Dig. 50, 16, 45.—<br /><b>II</b> As subst. freq.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; strāgŭla, ae, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[pall]], a [[covering]] for a [[corpse]], Petr. 78, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[horse]]-[[cloth]], Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; strāgŭlum, i, n., a [[spread]], [[covering]], [[rug]], [[carpet]], [[mattress]], etc. (cf.: tapes, tapetum): hac ([[culcita]]) [[quicquid]] insternebant, a sternendo [[stragulum]] appellabant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; cf. Sen. Ep. 87, 2.—Of a [[bed]]-[[covering]], bedspread, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226; Tib. 1, 2, 79; Mart. 14, 147 al.—Of a [[covering]] for a [[corpse]], Petr. 42, 6; Suet. Ner. 50. —Of a [[horse]]-[[cloth]], [[blanket]], housing: veredi, Mart. 14, 86, 1.—Of [[any]] [[thing]] [[soft]] [[put]] under [[brooding]] fowls, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Sol. 7, § 29.