λίνον [ῐ], τό,
anything made of flax (see. near the end)
1 cord, fishingline, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
thread spun from a distaff, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
thread used as a
ligature, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2 metaphorically,
thread of destiny spun by the Fates, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., =ὑπὲρ μόρον, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3 proverbial, with or without
negative, λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4 fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also,
hunting-net, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; for catching birds, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; λ. δορκάδεια
hunting-nets for gazelles, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5 linen, linen-cloth, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
plural,
linen cloths, linen garments, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
singular,
linen garment, [
NT];
sail-cloth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6 flax for spinning, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. Καρπάσιον
asbestos, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum, λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίνου σπέρμα
linseed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 =θυμελαία, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3 =χρυσόγονον, [
Refs]
II.4 λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.5 λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων
cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III see at Λίνος [
Refs]
linaĩ plural 'flax', with ῐ as in Gr., but Latin
linum, O[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
lin, etc. with ῑ: ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)
Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0