tissue
tissue
subs.
Cloth: P. and V. ὕ̆φασμα, τό.
Fine cloth: P. and V. σινδών, ἡ.
Embroidery: P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό.
A dress embroidered with gold tissue: P. κόσμος χρυσόπαστος, ὁ (Dem. 127).
subs.
Cloth: P. and V. ὕ̆φασμα, τό.
Fine cloth: P. and V. σινδών, ἡ.
Embroidery: P. and V. ποίκιλμα, τό.
A dress embroidered with gold tissue: P. κόσμος χρυσόπαστος, ὁ (Dem. 127).
TISSUE
PROP. tela: textum (a web): compago (in a more general sense).
Figuratively series: or by circumlocution; e.g. the whole story is a tissue of falsehoods tota narratio ficta est meris mendaciis constat: my life is a tissue of misfortunes vita mea est continua calamitas semper objecta fuit rebus adversis.
PROP. tela: textum (a web): compago (in a more general sense).
Figuratively series: or by circumlocution; e.g. the whole story is a tissue of falsehoods tota narratio ficta est meris mendaciis constat: my life is a tissue of misfortunes vita mea est continua calamitas semper objecta fuit rebus adversis.
tissue:
1. textus, ūs: things fine in t., tenuia textu, Lucr. 4, 730.
2. tēla: Dido had woven into the t. threads of gold, Dido tenui telas discreverat auro, Virg. Aen. 4, 264: v.TEXTURE , WEB . Phr.: a t. of falsehoods, *continuata mendaciorum series, narratio ex mendaciis contexta: he had told a t. of improbabilities, mera monstra nuntiarat, Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.
1. textus, ūs: things fine in t., tenuia textu, Lucr. 4, 730.
2. tēla: Dido had woven into the t. threads of gold, Dido tenui telas discreverat auro, Virg. Aen. 4, 264: v.