straw (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Stalk of corn, etc., as part of the plantII. Stalks of corn, etc., used for litter, etc.1. strāmentum2. poet. strāmen, ĭnis, n.III. Fig. • straw (subs.): I. Stalk of corn, etc., as part of the plant: culmus: v. stalk. II. Stalks of corn, etc., used for litter, etc.: 1. strāmentum: cottages thatched with s., casae stramento tectae, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: Varr. 2. poet. strāmen, ĭnis, n.: Virg.: Ov. III. Fig.: for anything valueless: Phr.: not to care a s. for anything, aliquid pili, flocci aestimare, facere: v. to value.