σάβανον

English (LSJ)

τό,

A linen cloth or towel, Hippiatr.97, al., Sammelb.7033.40 (pl., v A.D.), PKlein.Form.83 (vi A.D.), Alex. Trall.Febr.4, Cat.Cod.Astr.6.64; cf. σαβακάθιον.

German (Pape)

[Seite 856] τό, ein leinenes Tuch, besonders zum Abtrocknen im Bade, sabanum, Clem. Al. paedag.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σάβᾰνον: τό, λινοῦν ὕφασμα, «ποδιὰ» τοῦ λουτροῦ ἀπὸ χονδρόπανον, Λατ. sabanum, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 190· ― ὡσαύτως σαβακάθιον, τό, Ἡσυχ. ἐν λεξ. κεκρύφαλος, σαββακ- Φώτ., σαβάκανον Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξ. κρύφαλον.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: large linen cloth (pap., Alex. Trall.).
Derivatives: Dimin. -ιον n.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.
Etymology: Semit. LW [loanword]; cf. Arab. sabanijjat in Saban (near Baghdad) produced cloth. Lewy Fremdw. 127 w. lit.; cf. Schwyzer 308. Lat. LW [loanword] sabanum, s. W.-Hofmann s.v.; from there, or from σάβανον, Goth. OHG saban σινδών, pall, linen cloth, Slav., e.g. Russ. sávan pall (s. Vasmer s.v.).