Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

βύσσινος: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
(strοng)
(T22)
Line 27: Line 27:
{{StrongGR
{{StrongGR
|strgr=from [[βύσσος]]; made of [[linen]] (neuter a [[linen]] [[cloth]]): [[fine]] [[linen]].
|strgr=from [[βύσσος]]; made of [[linen]] (neuter a [[linen]] [[cloth]]): [[fine]] [[linen]].
}}
{{Thayer
|txtha=βυσσίνῃ, βύσσινον (ἡ [[βύσσος]], [[which]] [[see]]; cf. [[ἀκάνθινος]], [[ἀμαράντινος]]), made of [[fine]] [[linen]]; neuter βύσσινον [[namely]], [[ἱμάτιον]] (Winer s Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72))) (a) [[fine]] [[linen]] ([[garment]]): βύσσου), WH marginal [[reading]] λευκοβυσσινον (for βύσσινον [[λευκόν]])). ([[Aeschylus]], [[Herodotus]], [[Euripides]], Diodorus 1,85; [[Plutarch]], others.)
}}
}}

Revision as of 18:12, 28 August 2017

Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: βύσσινος Medium diacritics: βύσσινος Low diacritics: βύσσινος Capitals: ΒΥΣΣΙΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: býssinos Transliteration B: byssinos Transliteration C: vyssinos Beta Code: bu/ssinos

English (LSJ)

η, ον,

   A made of βύσσος, σινδὼν β. fine linen bandage, used for mummy-cloths, Hdt.2.86; for wounds, Id.7.181; πέπλοι A.Pers. 125 (lyr.), E.Ba.821; φάρος S.Fr.373; ὀθόνια β. OGI90.17 (Rosetta), PStrassb.91.16 (i B. C.), Aristeas 320; β. περιβόλαια PStrassb.91.9 (i B. C.); βύσσινον, τό, LXX Es.1.6 (pl.), al., Apoc.19.8; ὀθόνια καὶ βύσσινα PHolm.15.26.    II = πορφυροῦς, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 468] aus Byssus gemacht, πέπλωμα Aesch. Spt. 1041; vgl. Pers. 129; Eur. Bacch. 819; σίνδων Her. 2, 86; Ath. VI, 255 c.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βύσσινος: -η, -ον, κατεσκευασμένος ἐκ βύσσου, σινδὼν β., λεπτὴ λευκὴ σινδὼν ἐν χρήσει πρὸς περιτύλιξιν τῶν τεταριχευμένων σωμάτων, Ἡρόδ. 2. 86· διὰ πληγάς, ὁ αὐτ. 7. 181· πέπλοι Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 125· φάρος Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 342· ὀθόνια β., πληρωνόμενα ὡς φόρος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 4697. 18.

French (Bailly abrégé)

η, ον :
fait du lin le plus fin.
Étymologie: βύσσος.

Spanish (DGE)

-η, -ον
de lino fino, de batista πέπλοι A.Pers.125, cf. Th.1039, E.Ba.821, φάρος S.Fr.373.3, σινδών para amortajar momias, Hdt.7.181, ὀθόνιον β. tela de lino fino, batista esp. para vendas, Hp.Fist.3, Steril.223, cf. PCair.Zen.87.4, PEleph.26.4, 27.13 (todos III a.C.), OGI 90.17 (Roseta II a.C.), Aristeas 320, PStras.91.16 (I a.C.), Stud.Pal.22.183.45 (II d.C.)
subst. τὸ β. y más frec. τὰ βύσσινα vestidura de lino fino LXX Es.1.6, Ez.16.13, Apoc.19.8, D.S.1.85.5, PMag.1.332, SB 10529A.16 (I/II d.C.) en BL 8.359, PHolm.94, Poll.7.75, Hsch.s.u. βαδδίν
fig. como de batista, finísimo ῥήματα Plu.2.174a.

English (Abbott-Smith)

βύσσινος, -η, -ον (< βύσσος), [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁשׁ, בּוּץ, etc.;] made of βύσσος,
fine linen: Re 18:12, 16 19:8, 14.†

English (Strong)

from βύσσος; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth): fine linen.

English (Thayer)

βυσσίνῃ, βύσσινον (ἡ βύσσος, which see; cf. ἀκάνθινος, ἀμαράντινος), made of fine linen; neuter βύσσινον namely, ἱμάτιον (Winer s Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72))) (a) fine linen (garment): βύσσου), WH marginal reading λευκοβυσσινον (for βύσσινον λευκόν)). (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Diodorus 1,85; Plutarch, others.)