σινδών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-όνος, ἡ (ὁ, A.''Fr.''153; acc. pl. in [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[σινδούς]], as [[εἰκούς]] from [[εἰκών]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fine]] [[cloth]], usually [[linen]], Hdt.1.200,2.95, A. [[l.c.]], S.''Fr.''210.67; βρόχῳ μιτώδει σινδόνος Id.''Ant.''1222; <b class="b3">σ. βυσσίνης τελαμῶνες</b>, used for mummies, Hdt.2.86; of [[surgeon]]s' [[bandage]]s, Id.7.181 (but also ἐξ ἐρίου τὰς σ. ὑφαίνουσιν [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.7.7, cf. Str.15.1.20).<br><span class="bld">2</span> anything made of such [[cloth]], [[garment]] of [[linen]] (sts. [[muslin]]), ''Michel''832.19 (Samos, iv B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.''176.255 (iii B.C.), ''SIG''2754.5 (Pergam.), ''PTeb.''182 (ii B.C.), ''UPZ''84.4 (ii B.C.), Luc.''Deor.Conc.''10; <b class="b3">ἐν εὐτελεῖ σ.</b> Plu.2.340d; [[napkin]], Alciphr.3.66; [[ship's sail]], E.''Fr.''773.42 (lyr.), Luc.''Epigr.''39, Alciphr.1.12; [[flag]], [[standard]], Plb.2.66.10; [[cloth]] or [[sheet]], σ. καθαρά ''PLond.''1.46.206 (iv A.D.) (so of a [[winding]]-[[sheet]], ''Ev.Matt.''27.59, cf. ''PPar.''18bis 10); σ. κοιτάριαι [[sheet]]s, Edict.Diocl. 28.16, cf. Th.2.49; <b class="b3">ἐντὸς σινδόνος</b> within the [[veil]], [[esoteric]], Iamb.''VP'' 17.72; <b class="b3">ἔξω σ.</b> [[exoteric]], ib.18.89.