ἱστίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό (Dim. of [[ἱστός]] in form only), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[web]], [[cloth]], [[sheet]]: hence in plural, [[hangings]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ex.</span>27.9</span>,<span class="bibl">15</span>; as a measure, [[piece]], PRyl.70.25 (ii B.C.); but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> from Hom. downwds., [[sail]], mostly in plural <b class="b3">ἱστία, ἕλκον δ' ἱστία λευκὰ . . βοεῦσιν</b> they hauled [[them]] up with ox-hide ropes, <span class="bibl">Od.2.426</span>; <b class="b3">τέταθ' ἱστία</b> [[the sails]] were spread, <span class="bibl">11.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>5.51</span>; <b class="b3">ἱστία στέλλεσθαι, μηρύεσθαι, καθελεῖν</b>, to lower or furl [[sail]] (v. sub vocc.): λύειν <span class="bibl">Od.15.496</span>; ἱστίοισι χρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.110</span>; ἄκροισι χρώμενος τοῖς ἱστίοις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1000</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">πλήρεσιν ἱ</b>. under full [[sail]], with all one's might, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.25.5</span>, cf. Suid.: rarely in sg., ἐν δ' ἄνεμος πρῆσεν μέσον ἱστίον <span class="bibl">Il.1.481</span>; ἐξίει ἱ. ἀνεμόεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.92</span>; ἱστίῳ καταπετάσαι τινά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>131b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>11.7</span> (iii B.C.).</span>