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κτηδών

κτηδών, line of fissure

κτηδών, όνος, ἡ,
  • line of fissure in the fibre of wood, Thphr. HP 5.1.9 sq.; κτηδόνες ξύλου grain of wood, Hero Bel. 96.12, cf. Suid.
      • 2 Medic. in pl., fibres of the heart, Hp. Cord. 10, cf. Erot. s.v. ἶνες.
        • b layers in the cornea of the eye, Ruf. Anat. 10.
        • c κ. πιμελῆς fibres in a piece of fat, Sor. 1.118.
      • 3 layers of slate, Dsc. 5.127.
      • 4 gills of a mushroom, Id. 3.1.
      • 5 shreds of lint, Gal. 8.415. (Cf. εὐκτέανος (B), εὐθυκτέανον, ἰθυκτέανον.)

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