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[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κλωστήρ]], ὁ, [[verse|V.]] [[μίτος]], ὁ, [[prose|P.]] [[νῆμα]], τό ([[Plato]]).

[[made of thread]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[εὔμιτος]], [[μιτώδης]].

[[the long threads of raw flax]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Fragment'').

[[hang by a thread]], Met.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς εἶναι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι]], [[ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βεβηκέναι]] (perf. of [[βαίνειν]]) or [[βῆναι]] (aor. of [[βαίνειν]]).

[[yet his life hangs by a thread]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δέδορκε μέντοι φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Hippolytus]]'' 1163).

[[lose the thread]]: see [[digress]].

[[I lose the thread]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκδρόμου πεσὼν τρέχω]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Agamemnon]]'' 1245).

===verb transitive===

[[string together]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[συνείρειν]].

[[pass]], [[make one's way through]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διέρχεσθαι]], [[διαπερᾶν]].

[[thread the dance]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]] (absol.).

[[where bands of sea-maidens thread the dance with fair steps]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἔνθα Νηρῄδων χόροι κάλλιστον ἴχνος ἐξελίσσουσιν ποδός]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], [[tro. 2]]).
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