νῆμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (νέω B)

   A that which is spun, thread, yarn, Od.4.134, E. Or.1433 (lyr.), Pl.Plt.282e: pl., Od.2.98, 19.143; thread of a spider's web, Hes.Op.777; of the Fates, Μοιράων νῆμ' ἄλλυτον Phanocl.2, cf. IG14.1188.11; οὔπω πεπλήρωται τὸ ν. αὐτοῦ his destiny, Luc.Philops. 25; νήματα σηρικά silk sutures, Gal.10.942.