τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
xylon: i, n., = ξύλον (wood;I in partic.), the cotton-tree, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.
xўlŏn, ī, n. (ξύλον), cotonnier [arbre] : Plin. 19, 14.
