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ἤτριον

ἤτριον, the warp in a web

ἤτριον, Dor. ἄτριον, τό,
  • warp (the woof being κρόκη), Pl. Phdr. 268a, Theoc. 18.33, AP 6.288 (Leon., pl.): in pl., a thin, fine cloth, such that one could see between the threads, ἤτρια πέπλων E. Ion 1421; ἤτρια βύβλων leaves made of strips of papyrus, prob. cj. in AP 9.350 (Leon.Alex.); τὸ διὰ ἠτρίου ἠθημένον Gal. 19.98.

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