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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fine linen]], in Hom. always pl., [[fine linen cloths]], <span class="bibl">Od.7.107</span> ; of a woman's dress, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν <span class="bibl">Il.3.141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.595</span> ; ὀθόναις ἐσταλμένος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>3.2</span> : sg., [[a cloth]], Act.Ap.10.11, 11.5, Gal.11.134, 6.795. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> later, [[sails]], πνεύσεται εἰς ὀθόνας <span class="title">AP</span>12.53.8 (Mel.), cf. <span class="bibl">10.5</span> (Thyill.) : sg., [[sail-cloth]], [[sail]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>46</span>, <span class="title">VH</span>2.37. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in pl., of the [[membranes]] that enclose the pupil of the eye, <span class="bibl">Emp.84.8</span>.</span>