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λέντιον

lention · τό

cloth, napkin, towel

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  • John 2 · 1.31/10k

What it meant

λέντιον · lention — LSJ

cloth, napkin, towel, attendant at the bath

= Lat. linteum, cloth, napkin, towel, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6 (pl.), Vit.Aesop.Oxy. 2083.48, Ev.Jo. 13.4, Inscr.Magn. 116.34, BSA 27.228 (Sparta, ii A.D.):—hence λεντι-άριος, ὁ, prob. attendant at the bath, IG 3.1160.72, 14.2323:

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