λημνίσκος

English (LSJ)

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   A woollen fillet or ribbon, by which chaplets were fastened, IG22.1297.11 (iii B.C.), al., Plb.18.46.12, Posidon.9 J., Plu. Sull.27, AP12.123; of ribbons attached to bird's feet, Callix.2; surgical bandage, Mnesith. ap. Orib.inc.15.16; pledget, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.49.1, Gal.19.97, etc.