χειρόμακτρον
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
English (LSJ)
τό,
A cloth for wiping the hands, towel, napkin, Hdt.4.64, Ar.Fr.502, X.Cyr.1.3.5, PCair.Zen. 87.8, al. (iii B.C.): the Scythians used scalps as χειρόμακτρα, Hdt.l.c.: hence Σκυθιστὶ χ. ἐκκεκαρμένος S.Fr.473. II head-cloth, used by women, Sapph.44, Hecat.358 J., and perhaps so in Hdt.2.122, χ. χρύσεον, [Written χειρώμακτρον PRev.Laws 94.4 (iii B.C.), PEnteux.38.3,9 (iii B.C.), but χειρόμακτρον PCair.Zen. Il.cc. (iii B.C.): -ω- might be due to 'contamination' with the root of ὀμόργ-νυμι.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1346] τό, 1) Tuch zum Abwischen der Hände, Handtuch, Serviette; Her. 2, 122. 4, 64; Soph. frg. 420; Xen. Cyr. 1, 3,5; Sp., wie Luc. merc. cond. 15. – 2) eine Art Kopftuch der Frauen, Sappho frg. 25 nach Ath. IX, 410 d, vgl. Alciphr. 3, 46.
