στρωννύω, or στρώννυμι: imperfect 3 person plural ἐστρώννυον (cf. Buttmann, 45 (39)); 1 aorist ἐστρωσα; perfect passive participle ἐστρωμενος; (by metathesis from στόρνυμι, στορέννυμι, and this from ΣΤΟΡΑΩ; (cf. Latinsterno, struo, etc.; English strew, straw, etc.); see Curtius, § 227); to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, Mat_21:8; εἰς τόν ὁδόν, Mar_11:8 (πέδον πεδασμασι, Aeschylus Ag. 909; ἑιμασι πορον, ibid. 921). namely, τήν κλίνην (which Greek writers from Homer down often add, and also λέχος, λέκτρον, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 53)) τίνι, Act_9:34 (A. V. make thy bed); to spread with couches or divans τό ἀνάγαιον, passive (A. V. furnished), Mar_14:15; Luk_22:12. (Compare: καταστρώννυμι, ὑποστρώννυμι.)

στρωννύω strōnnyō 6x the thematic form of στρώννυμι , the μι form never being visible in the NT, to spread, to strew, Mat_21:8 ; Mar_11:8 ; to spread a couch, make your own bed, Act_9:34 ; used of a supper-chamber, pass. to have the couches spread, to be prepared, furnished, Mar_14:15 ; Luk_22:12

στρωννύω or στρώννυμι ( v.Bl ., § 23, 1; Veitch , s.v. ), [in LXX for H3331 hoph ., etc.;] to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ . ὁδῷ (εἰς τ . ὁδόν ), Mat_21:8 , Mar_11:8 ; of making a bed, στρῶσον ( sc . τ . κλίνην ) σεαυτῷ , Act_9:34 ; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον , spread with carpets or carpeted couches ( cf. Eze_23:41 ), Mar_14:15 , Luk_22:12 .†

στρώννυμι / στρωννύω [page 594] With the use of the pass, in Mar_14:15 cf. P Lond 1164 ( h ) .7 (A.D. 212) (= III. p. 164) πλοῖον . . . ἐστρωμένον καὶ σεσανιδ [ω ]μένον , a ship furnished and boarded over. In P Oxy I. 138 .22 and .31 (A.D. 610 11) a contractor of the racecourse undertakes στρῶσαι τοῖς τε περιβλέπτοις διοικηταῖς καὶ λαμπροτάτοις χαρτουλαρίοις , to find mounts for the noble superintendents and the most illustrious secretaries (Edd.). Preisigke ( Wφrterb. s.v. ) refers to an inscr. from Roman Egypt published in Archiv ii. p. 570, No. 150, Φιλαντίνος ὁ καὶ Ἀμμώνοις ἔστρωσεν διὰ Διοσκύρου πατρὸς ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου . The comp d συνστρώννυμι is found in P Petr III. 43 (2) recto iv. 15 (B.C. 246) συνστρώσας σχοινίοις , having made a network of ropes, see the editor s note on p. 127 where for συνστρώννυμι = pave, reference is made to Syll 537 (= .3 969) .61 (B.C. 347 6) συνστρώσει τὸ ἔδαφος λίθοις . Καταστρώννυμι , spread out, occurs in P Tor I. 1 viii. 18 (B.C. 116) : See s.v The subst. στρῶμα is common, e.g. PSI VI. 593 .8 (iii/B.C.) σκεύασόν μοι στρώματα τρία ἀνὰ μν (ᾶς ) μ̄ , P Bilabel 71 .5 (i/A.D.) ἀπέ [στειλα ἐπιστολὰς περὶ τῆς ] στρωμάτων κα [τασκευῆς , P Oxy X. 1277 .7 (A.D. 255) ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι τρίκλιν [ο ]ν στρω̣μα̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ λινω̣̑ν , I acknowledge that I have sold to you a three-sided couch with linen coverings (Edd.). In a will of B.C. 123, published by GH in Archiv i. p. 63 ff., the testator bequeaths all his property to his wife, except a mattress and a bed apiece (πλὴν στρώματος ἑνὸς καὶ κλείνης ) to his two sons perhaps, as the editors suggest, the Egyptian method of cutting off with a shilling. For the dim. στρωμάτιον , cf. PSI IV. 401 .2 (iii/B.C.) τὸ στρωμάτιον ὑπὲρ οὗ σοι καὶ σήμερον διελεγόμην , and P Oxy XIV. 1645 .3 (A.D. 308) στρωμάτια τριβακὰ δύο , two worn mattresses, and for στρῶσις cf. ib. 1631 .27 (A.D. 280) τῆς στρώσεως τοῦ χοῦ , the spreading of earth, and PSI III. 225 .5 (vi/A.D.) μίαν στρῶσιν ἀκκουβίτου , one spreading of the couch (cf. the verb in Act_9:34 ).

στρωννύω or στρώννυμι (seeBl., § 23, 1; Veitch, see word), [in LXX for יַצַע hoph., etc. ;] to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ. ὁδῷ (εἰς τ. ὁδόν), Mat.21:8, Mrk.11:8; of making a bed, στρῶσον (sc. τ. κλίνην) σεαυτῷ, Act.9:34; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον, spread with carpets or carpeted couches (cf. Eze.23:41), Mrk.14:15, Luk.22:12.† (AS)