μέταξα

μέταξ-α, ης, ἡ,

• raw silk, Procop. Arc. 25, Lyd. Mag. 2.4, etc. (The etym. is unknown: an earlier Latin form mataxa in Lucil. 1192, Vitr. 7.3.2 in the sense of ‘floss’, ‘tow’.)