līnum — Lewis & Short
līnum, i, n.Gr. li/non; Goth. lein; Germ. Leinwand; Engl. linen,
I flax.
I Lit.:
reticulum, tenuissimo lino,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:
urit lini campum seges,Verg. G. 1, 77; cf. Plin. 19 prooem. § 2;
19, 1, 1, § 9: lino legato tam factum quam infectum continetur, quodque netum quodque in tela est,Dig. 32, 70, 11.—
II Transf.
A A thread, Cels. 7, 14:
consuto vulnere, crassum atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix,Juv. 3, 151.—Esp., the thread with which letters were bound and legal instruments sealed:
effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64:
per ceram et linum litterasque interpretes salutem mittit,id. Ps. 1, 1, 40:
linum incidimus, legimus,Cic. Cat. 3, 5.—Hence:
solvere vincula epistolae,to open a letter, Nep. Paus. 4, 1:
lino consignare tabulas,Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 6:
easque tabulas proprio lino propriaque cera consignamus,Gai. Inst. 2, 181:
linum ruptum,Quint. 12, 8, 13.—
B A fishing line:
nunc in mole sedens moderabar arundine linum,Ov. M. 13, 923.—
C A linen cloth or garment, linen:
Massica Integrum perdunt lino vitiata saporem,strained through linen, Hor. S. 2, 4, 54; Ov. F. 5, 519:
velati lino et verbena tempora cincti,Verg. A. 12, 120:
lino vestiri aut lanis,Mel. 3, 7, 3.—
D A sail: lina sinu Tendere toto, Sen. Med. 320.—
E A rope, cable:
subducere carbasa lino,Ov. F. 3, 587.—
F A net for hunting or fishing; a hunter's net, toils:
positarum lina plagarum,Ov. M. 7, 768:
nec lina sequi nodosa sinebam,id. ib. 7, 807; 3, 153.—A fisher's net, drag-net, Verg. G. 1, 142; Ov. M. 13, 931.—Plur., Juv. 5, 102:
cymbae linique magister,i. e. the fisherman, id. 4, 45; Sil. 7, 503.—
G A linen corselet, habergeon:
fugit hasta per oras Multiplicis lini,Sil. 4, 292:
tempora multiplici mos est defendere lino,id. 3, 272:
thorax Multiplicis lini,id. 9, 587.—
H A string of pearls:
uno lino decies sestertium inseritur,Tert. Cult. Fem. 1, 9.—
K A lampwick:
fumigans,Vulg. Isa. 42, 3; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 23:
ardens,id. adv. Jud. 9.