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λέγνον

legnon

colored edging, hem of a cloth

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What it meant

1. λέγνον · legnon — Beekes

λέγνον [n.] ‘colored edging, hem of a cloth’ (Poll, H. sch.), also of the side of the womb (Hp.). «ΡΟ» *VAR Also -vn [f.]. λέγω 841 *DER λεγνωτός ‘provided with X. (Call. Nic.), λεγνώδεις: ποικίλας ‘varicolored’, λεγνῶσαι ποικῖλαι (H.). *ETYM No etymology. Perhaps Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. λέγνον, p. 887]

2. λέγνον · legnon — Chantraine

λέγνον : n., bordure colorée d’un vêtement parallèle à la lisière (Poll. 7,62), τὰ λέγνα τῆς ὑστέρης «le bord de la matrice» (Hp. Mul. 2,144). Doublet f. λέγνη ᾿ τὸ παρυφαινόμενον τῇ παραστροφίδι, ὅπερ ἦν παχὺ περὶ τὴν ᾧαν ἐκ ῥάμματος (Hsch.). Dérivés : λεγνωτός « pourvu d'une bordure » (Call, Nic.) et les gloses λεγνώδεις ποικίλας (Hsch. ; λεγνῶσαι * ποικῖλαι [inf. aor.] (Hsch.). Pas d'étymologie. — [Chantraine, s.v. λέγνον, p. 642]

3. λέγνον · legnon — LSJ

coloured edging, border

coloured edging or border of a garment parallel to the ὤα or selvage, Poll. 7.62, Hsch.

2 border

τὰ λέγνα τῆς ὑστέρης border of the womb, Hp. Mul. 2.144.

Where it came from

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