ταινία
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A band, fillet, esp. headband, worn in sign of victory, θήσω δὲ νικητήριον τρεῖς ταινίας Eub.3, cf. Emp.112.6, X.Smp.5.9, Pl. Smp.212e, Paus.6.20.19, etc.; ταινίας πωλεῖν D.57.31; also, the breastband of young girls, etc., Anacreont.22.13, cf. Paus.9.39.8, Poll.7.65; abdominal band, Diocl.Fr.142; bandage, Hp.Art.50 (pl.), IG42(1).121.49,61 (Epid., iv B.C.), Sor.Fasc.25, al.; ribbon, distd. fr. λημνίσκος, PCair.Zen.696 (iii B.C.). 2 strip in fur, Opp.C.1.322. 3 pennon of a ship, D.Chr.74.8, Poll.1.90; of a spear, D.S. 15.52. 4 = ταινίδιον 111 or IV, τ. χρυσῆ, ἐφ' ἧς ἐπιγραφὴ Βασίλισσα Στρατονίκη . . Inscr.Délos 442 B 33 (ii B.C.); τ. περιηργυρωμένη ib. 29. II strip or tongue of land, D.S.1.31, App.Pun.121, Plu. Alex.26; sandbank, PTeb.5.30, PStrassb.85.20 (both ii B.C.), Plb. 4.41.1, Str.1.3.4. 2 name of a strip of land near lake Mareotis, Ath.1.33e. III in joiner's work, fillet, fascia, τὴν τ. ἐπὶ τὸν θρᾶνον τοῦ νεὼ ἐπιθέντι IG11(2).161 A50 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. LXX Ez. 27.5, EM749.38; περιθήσει ταινίαν μέλαιναν a black band (round a mosaic floor), PCair.Zen.665.8 (iii B.C.). IV tape-worm, Gal.14.755, Gp.12.27.2 (pl.). V a long, thin fish, Epich.56, Arist.HA 504b33. [ῐ, but ῑ metri gr., Emp. l.c., Opp.l.c.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1063] ἡ, Band, Binde, bes. Haarband; ταινίας ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς, Plat. Conv. 212 e, Siegeszeichen; vgl. Xen. Conv. 5, 9; ταινίας πωλεῖν thun nach Dem. 57, 31. 35 nicht reiche Leute; λευκὴ περὶ τῷ μετώπῳ, Luc. Navig. 39; auch die Busenbinde der Mädchen, τὸ τῶν μαστῶν τῶν γυναικείων ζῶσμα, Poll. 7, 65; A nccr. 22, 13; lat. taenia; am Schiffe der Wimpel, die Flagge, Sp. – Uebh. jeder lang hingezogene, schmale Streif, z. B. Erdzunge, App. Punic. 121, vgl. Chrys. 5, 9; Pol. 4, 41, 2; Sandbank, ὕφαλος, Strabo 1, 3, 4. – Nach Suid. = κυμάτια. – Auch der Bandwurm, Galen; auch eine Ficchart.