ἡλῖτις
From LSJ
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ, (ἧλος) of or like nails, ἡ. λεπίς iron that scales off from nails, Dsc.5.78, Aët.2.58.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1163] ιδος, ἡ, von Nägeln, zu Nägeln gehörig, λεπίς, ἡ, eine Nägelplatte, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡλῖτις: -ιδος, ἡ, (ἧλος) ἐξ ἥλου ἢ ὅμοιος πρὸς ἧλον, ἡλ. λεπίς, σίδηρος ἀποτριβόμενος ἐξ ἥλων, Διοσκ. 5. 89.