μήρινθος

merinthos

cord, line, string

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 5
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23854
23857
23866
23867
23869

Dictionary (LSJ)

μήρινθος, ἡ, gen. ου; metapl. acc. sg. μήρινθα, as if from μήρινς (cf. ἕλμινς, πείρινς), Orph. A. 597:—A. cord, line, string, ἐκ δὲ τρήρωνα πέλειαν λεπτῇ μηρίνθῳ δῆσεν ποδός Il. 23.854, cf. 869; μήρινθον ἐπισπασάμενοι Arist. Mu. 398b17; γραμματεῖον μηρίνθῳ δεδεμένον Ach.Tat. 8.12: metaph., εἰ μὴ μηρίνθους ἡ φιλοσοφία περιτέθεικεν Plu. 2.333c; fishing-line, Theoc. 21.12: hence prov., αὕτη μὲν ἡ μ. οὐδὲν ἔσπασε this line caught nothing, i. e. it was of no avail, Ar. Th. 928, cf. Luc. Herm. 28; cf. σμήρινθος. (Hsch. has μηρινθίᾳ· σπάρτῳ (post μήρυγμα).)

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