μέταξα

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English (LSJ)

ης, ἡ,

   A raw silk, Procop.Arc.25, Lyd.Mag.2.4, etc. (The etym. is unknown: an earlier Latin form mataxa in Lucil.1192, Vitr. 7.3.2 in the sense of 'floss', 'tow'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 151] ἡ, auch μάταξα geschrieben, ein Fremdwort, rohe Seide, u. Seide überhaupt, Sp.