σχοιν-ίον, τό,
Dim. of σχοῖνος 11,
small rope, cord or thread, Hdt. 1.26, 5.85, 86, Ar. Ach. 22, etc.; simply, rope, e.g. for mooring a ship, IG 22.1611.254 (pl.); ὅστις ἀναρριχᾶται διὰ σχοινίου Gal. 6.140; ἐπὶ σχοινίου περιπατεῖν Arr. Epict. 3.12.2: prov., τὸ ἐκ τῆς ψάμμου σχοινίον πλέκειν Aristid. 2.309 J.; πλεῖς τὴν θάλατταν σχοινίων πωλουμένων; when there are ropes for sale? Antiph. 100, cf. Com.Adesp. 296.
2. measuring-line, Arist. Mech. 853b5, LXX [2Ki 8:2], OGI 669.60 (Egypt, i A.D.): hence, measure, portion, LXX Ps. 15.6. 100 cubits, the side of an ἄρουρα, PTeb. 13.13 (ii B.C.).
3. girdle, LXX [Jer 38:11](45).11, [Jer 43:1-13].
4. ς. βοτρύων, = cross σχοινιά 1, Aristeas 75 codd. (but σχοινιαί is prob. cj.).
II metaph., λύειν σχοινίον μεριμνᾶν the cord of cares (which binds one), Pi. Fr. 248.
III Com., membrum virile, Ar. V. 1342.
G4979 — σχοινίον
σχοινιου, τό (diminutive of the noun σχοῖνος, ὁ and ἡ, a rush), from Herodotus down, properly, a cord or rope made of rushes; universally, a rope: [Joh 2:15]; [Act 27:32].
σχοινίον , - ου , τό
(dimin. of σχοῖνος , a rush),
[in LXX chiefly for a rope ( prop ., one made of rushes): [Joh 2:15], [Act 27:32]. †