λίνον [ ῐ], τό,
I anything made of flax (v. fin.)
1. cord, fishingline, Il. 16.408; thread spun from a distaff, E. Or. 1431 (lyr.), Archipp. 38, etc.: pl., E. Tr. 537 (lyr.); thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον h.Ap. 103; ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ χρυσᾶ ἀνηρμένα ἐπὶ λίνου IG 11(2).208.22 (Delos, iii B. C.); thread used as a ligature, Gal. 2.669.
2. metaph., thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Il. 20.128, Od. 7.198, etc.: pl., τά γε μὰν λ. πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν Theoc. 1.139, cf. Call. Lav.Pall. 104; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., = ὑπὲρ μόρον, Luc. JConf. 2.
3. prov., with or without neg., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, Pl. Euthd. 298c, Stratt. 38, Arist. Ph. 207a17.
4. fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε Il. 5.487, cf. κλωστήρ 11; also, hunting-net, Theoc. 8.58, 27.17; for catching birds, D.S. 1.60, AP 9.396 (Paul. Sil.), 343 (Arch.); λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, PCair.Zen. 524 (iii B. C.).
5. linen, linen-cloth, Il. 9.661, Od. 13.73, 118: pl., linen cloths, linen garments, A. Supp. 121, 132 (both lyr.): sg., linen garment, [Rev 15:6]; sail-cloth, Ar. Ra. 364, A.R. 1.565, etc.
6. flax for spinning, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον Ar. Ra. 1347, cf. PRLaws 39.7 (iii B. C.), etc.; λ. Καρπάσιον asbestos, Paus. 1.26.7.
II
1. the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum, λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι Hdt. 2.105, etc.; λίνου σπέρμα linseed, Th. 4.26: pl., ἡ ἐκ των λ. δημιουργία Pl. Plt. 280c.
2. = θυμελαία, Dsc. 4.172.
3. = χρυσόγονον, ib.56.
4. λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, Thphr. HP 9.18.6.
5. λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Nearch. ap. Arr. Ind. 1.16.1.
III v. Λίνος 11. (Lith. linaĩ pl. ’flax’, with ῐ as in Gr., but Lat. linum, O E. lin, etc. with ῑ: ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)
G3043 — λίνον
(Treg. λίνον (so R G in Matt. as below), incorrectly, for the iota ἰ is short; (cf. Lipsius, Gramm. Uutersuch., p. 42)), λινου, τό, the Sept. several times for פִּשְׁתָּה, in Greek writings from Homer down, flax: [Exo 9:31]; linen, as clothing, [Rev 15:6] R G T Tr marginal reading; the wick of a lamp, [Mat 12:20], after [Isa 42:3].