About Report a problem

Menu

σινδών

σινδών, sindon, a fine cloth

Could not find σινδόνι in Logeion dictionaries.

σινδόνι Noun: feminine dative singular of σινδών

See σινδόνι in Morpho

σινδών, όνος, ἡ (ὁ, A. Fr. 153; acc. pl. in Hsch. σινδούς, as εἰκούς from εἰκών),
  • fine cloth, usually linen, Hdt. 1.200, 2.95, A. l.c., S. Fr. 210.67; βρόχῳ μιτώδει σινδόνος Id. Ant. 1222; σ. βυσσίνης τελαμῶνες, used for mummies, Hdt. 2.86; of surgeons’ bandages, Id. 7.181 (but also ἐξ ἐρίου τὰς σ. ὑφαίνουσιν Thphr. HP 4.7.7, cf. Str. 15.1.20).
      • 2 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; ἐν εὐτελεῖ σ. Plu. Alex. fort. 2.340d; napkin, Alciphr. 3.66; shipʼs 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 sheets, Edict.Diocl. 28.16, cf. Th. 2.49; ἐντὸς σινδόνος within the veil, esoteric, Iamb. VP 17.72; ἔξω σ. exoteric, ib. 18.89.

Saved

Recent