Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Strena

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

STRE'NA. A present which the Romans were accustomed to send to one another on a festal day, or clients to their patrons, and citizens to the emperor; more particularly on the calends of January, as a new year's gift. Festus, s. v. Suet. Aug. 57. Id. Cal. 42.