# stratus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stratus. Doublet of strath.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɹeɪ.təs/, /ˈstɹæt.əs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪtəs
* Hyphenation: stra‧tus

### Noun

stratus (usually uncountable, plural strati)
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* stratus fractus

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stratus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstrɑtus/, [ˈs̠trɑ̝t̪us̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑtus
* Hyphenation: stra‧tus

### Noun

stratus
* Synonym of sumupilvi (“stratus (cloud)”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of stratus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stratukseni
stratukseni
accusative
nom.
stratukseni
stratukseni
gen.
stratukseni
genitive
stratukseni
stratusteni stratuksieni
partitive
stratustani
stratuksiani
inessive
stratuksessani
stratuksissani
elative
stratuksestani
stratuksistani
illative
stratukseeni
stratuksiini
adessive
stratuksellani
stratuksillani
ablative
stratukseltani
stratuksiltani
allative
stratukselleni
stratuksilleni
essive
stratuksenani
stratuksinani
translative
stratuksekseni
stratuksikseni
abessive
stratuksettani
stratuksittani
instructive
comitative
—stratuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stratuksesi
stratuksesi
accusative
nom.
stratuksesi
stratuksesi
gen.
stratuksesi
genitive
stratuksesi
stratustesi stratuksiesi
partitive
stratustasi
stratuksiasi
inessive
stratuksessasi
stratuksissasi
elative
stratuksestasi
stratuksistasi
illative
stratukseesi
stratuksiisi
adessive
stratuksellasi
stratuksillasi
ablative
stratukseltasi
stratuksiltasi
allative
stratuksellesi
stratuksillesi
essive
stratuksenasi
stratuksinasi
translative
stratukseksesi
stratuksiksesi
abessive
stratuksettasi
stratuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—stratuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stratuksemme
stratuksemme
accusative
nom.
stratuksemme
stratuksemme
gen.
stratuksemme
genitive
stratuksemme
stratustemme stratuksiemme
partitive
stratustamme
stratuksiamme
inessive
stratuksessamme
stratuksissamme
elative
stratuksestamme
stratuksistamme
illative
stratukseemme
stratuksiimme
adessive
stratuksellamme
stratuksillamme
ablative
stratukseltamme
stratuksiltamme
allative
stratuksellemme
stratuksillemme
essive
stratuksenamme
stratuksinamme
translative
stratukseksemme
stratuksiksemme
abessive
stratuksettamme
stratuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—stratuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stratuksenne
stratuksenne
accusative
nom.
stratuksenne
stratuksenne
gen.
stratuksenne
genitive
stratuksenne
stratustenne stratuksienne
partitive
stratustanne
stratuksianne
inessive
stratuksessanne
stratuksissanne
elative
stratuksestanne
stratuksistanne
illative
stratukseenne
stratuksiinne
adessive
stratuksellanne
stratuksillanne
ablative
stratukseltanne
stratuksiltanne
allative
stratuksellenne
stratuksillenne
essive
stratuksenanne
stratuksinanne
translative
stratukseksenne
stratuksiksenne
abessive
stratuksettanne
stratuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—stratuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stratuksensa
stratuksensa
accusative
nom.
stratuksensa
stratuksensa
gen.
stratuksensa
genitive
stratuksensa
stratustensa stratuksiensa
partitive
stratustaan stratustansa
stratuksiaan stratuksiansa
inessive
stratuksessaan stratuksessansa
stratuksissaan stratuksissansa
elative
stratuksestaan stratuksestansa
stratuksistaan stratuksistansa
illative
stratukseensa
stratuksiinsa
adessive
stratuksellaan stratuksellansa
stratuksillaan stratuksillansa
ablative
stratukseltaan stratukseltansa
stratuksiltaan stratuksiltansa
allative
stratukselleen stratuksellensa
stratuksilleen stratuksillensa
essive
stratuksenaan stratuksenansa
stratuksinaan stratuksinansa
translative
stratuksekseen stratukseksensa
stratuksikseen stratuksiksensa
abessive
stratuksettaan stratuksettansa
stratuksittaan stratuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—stratuksineen stratuksinensa :

## Latin
### Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread out”). Diachronically, from Proto-Italic *strātos, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), earlier *“spread-out land”, Ancient Greek στρωτός (strōtós, “bestrewn, spread, laid out; smooth”), στρατός (stratós, “army, war band”), and Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá, “bestrewn, spread (out); extended, spacious; covered; overthrown”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈstraː.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪räːt̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈstra.tus/, [ˈst̪räːt̪us]

### Participle

strātus (feminine strāta, neuter strātum); first/second-declension participle
* spread, stretched out, spread out, having been spread out
* (rare) calmed, stilled, moderated, having been calmed
* covered, spread with, scattered with, bestrewn with, having been covered (with)
** (of a road, path) paved, covered, having been paved
* stretched on the ground, cast down, struck down, prostrated, having been struck down
** (by extension) knocked to the ground, demolished, razed, levelled, flattened, having been razed

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

### Noun

strātus m (genitive strātūs); fourth declension
* the act of spreading, strewing
* a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket
* vocative singular of strātus

#### Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (bed-covering): strātum

#### Descendants

* Italian: strato
* Romanian: strat
* Sicilian: stratu
* → Catalan: estrat
* → English: stratus
* → Finnish: stratus
* → Portuguese: estrato
* → Spanish: estrato

### Noun

strātūs
* inflection of strātus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural
** genitive singular

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sternō, -ere (> Derivatives > strātus, -tīs)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586

### Further reading

* “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* stratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French stratus, from Latin stratus.

### Noun

stratus m (uncountable)
* stratus