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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[delicate cloth]], [[linnen]], [[sheet]], [[canvas]] (Hom., Emp., Act. Ap., Luc., Gal., AP); cf. Blinzler Phil. 99, 158ff.).<br />Other forms: usually pl., [[ὀθόνιον]], often pl., n. (Hp., Att., hell.).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ὀθονιο-πώλης</b> [[vendor of linnen]] (pap.).<br />Derivatives: [[ὀθόνινος]] <b class="b2">made of ὀ.</b> (Pl. Com., Luc.). From [[ὀθόνιον]]: <b class="b3">ὀθονι-ακός</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (pap., inscr.), <b class="b3">-ηρά</b> f. [[linnen tax]] (pap., Ostr.); dimin. <b class="b3">ὀθον-ίδιον</b> (pap.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem. (Egypt.).<br />Etymology: Formation like [[βελόνη]], [[περόνη]] a.o., but as a culture word of foreign origin. After Lewy Fremdw. 124 f. (with Movers) to Hebr. <b class="b2">ē̂ṭūn</b> ([[ἅπ]]. [[εἰρ]].) meaning uncertain; as in this place there is spoken of Egyptian <b class="b2">ē̂ṭūn</b> , Spiegelberg KZ 41, 129f. has proposed Egypt. origin (Eg. [[idmj]] [[reddish linnen]]). -- An unconvincing IE etym. is already rejected by Bq and WP. 1, 17.