ἱστίον: Difference between revisions

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