λίνον

λίνον [ῐ], τό, A. anything made of flax (v. fin.) 1. cord, fishingline, Il. 16.408; thread spun from a distaff, E. Or. 1431 (lyr.), Archipp. 38, etc.: pl., E. Tr. 537 (lyr.); thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον h.Ap. 103; ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ χρυσᾶ ἀνηρμένα ἐπὶ λίνου IGΙΙ(2).208.22 (Delos, iii B. C.); thread used as a ligature, Gal. 2.669. 2. metaph., thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Il. 20.128, Od. 7.198, etc.: pl., τά γε μὰν λ. πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν Theoc. 1.139, cf. Call. Lav.Pall. 104; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., = ὑπὲρ μόρον, Luc. JConf. 2. 3. prov., with or without neg., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, Pl. Euthd. 298c, Stratt. 38, Arist. Ph. 207a17. 4. fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε Il. 5.487, cf. κλωστήρ II; also, hunting-net, Theoc. 8.58, 27.17; for catching birds, D.S. 1.60, AP 9.396 (Paul. Sil.), 343 (Arch.); λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, PCair.Zen. 524 (iii B. C.). 5. linen, linen-cloth, Il. 9.661, Od. 13.73, 118: pl., linen cloths, linen garments, A. Supp. 121, 132 (both lyr.): sg., linen garment, Apoc. 15.6; sail-cloth, Ar. Ra. 364, A.R. 1.565, etc. 6. flax for spinning, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον Ar. Ra. 1347, cf. PRev.Laws 39.7 (iii B. C.), etc.; λ. Καρπάσιον asbestos, Paus. 1.26.7. II. the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum, λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι Hdt. 2.105, etc.; λίνου σπέρμα linseed, Th. 4.26: pl., ἡ ἐκ των λ. δημιουργία Pl. Plt. 280c. 2. = θυμελαία, Dsc. 4.172. 3. = χρυσόγονον, ib.56. 4. λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, Thphr. HP 9.18.6. 5. λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Nearch. ap. Arr. Ind. 1.16.1. III. v. Λίνος II. (Lith. linaĩ pl. ‘flax’, with ῐ as in Gr., but Lat. linum, OE. lin, etc. with ῑ: ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)