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λῖτα

λῖτα, linen cloth

λῖτα, λῑτί, case forms of a noun of which no nom. sg. is found (unless σινδὼν λίς is right in Michel 832.19 (Samos, iv B. C.)),
  • linen cloth, ἑανῷ λιτὶ κάλυψαν they covered [the corpse] with a fine linen cloth, Il. 18.352, 23.254; λῖτα may be acc. sg. or acc. pl., αὐτὴν δʼ ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγων, ὑπὸ λῖτα πετάσσας, καλὸν δαιδάλεον Od. 1.130; ἔβαλλε θρόνοις ἔνι ῥήγεα καλά, πορφύρεα καθύπερθʼ, ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθʼ ὑπέβαλλεν 10.353: understood as pl. by Ath. 2.48c; used for covering a chariot, Il. 8.441: in AP 6.332 (Hadr.) λίτα [ῐ] πολυδαίδαλα is prob. f.l. (Perh. akin to λίνον.)

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