metaxa

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εἰς δὲ θεοὺς ἀσεβείας τε καὶ εὐσεβείας καὶ γονέας καὶ αὐτόχειρος φόνου μείζους ἔτι τοὺς μισθοὺς διηγεῖτο → and he had still greater requitals to tell of piety and impiety towards the gods and parents and of self-slaughter

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕtaxa: or mătaxa, ae, f., = μέταξα> and μάταξα>,
I raw silk, the web of silkworms.
I Lit., Dig. 39, 4, 16; Cod. Just. 11, 7, 10.—
II Transf., a rope: lini metaxa, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; Vitr. 7, 3.