1. λῖτα · lita — Chantraine
λῖτα, λιτί et λιτός voir 2 Ac. Avrai, voir λίσσομαι. — [Chantraine, s.v. λῖτα, p. 661]
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λῖτα
lita
λιτί et λιτός voir 2 Ac
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What it meant
2. λῖτα · lita — Frisk
λῖτα, λιτί “glatte Leinwand’, λιτός “schlicht, einfach’ 5. 2. λίς. λιταί f. pl. “die Bitten’ 5. λίσσομαι. — [Frisk, s.v. λῖτα, p. 1102]
3. λῖτα · lita — LSJ
linen cloth, linen cloth
linen cloth, ἑανῷ λιτὶ κάλυψαν they covered [the corpse] with a fine linen cloth, Il. 18.352, 23.254; λῖτα may be acc. sg. or acc. pl., αὐτὴν δʼ ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγων, ὑπὸ λῖτα πετάσσας, καλὸν δαιδάλεον Od. 1.130; ἔβαλλε θρόνοις ἔνι ῥήγεα καλά, πορφύρεα καθύπερθʼ, ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθʼ ὑπέβαλλεν 10.353: understood as pl. by Ath. 2.48c; used for covering a chariot, Il. 8.441: in AP 6.332 (Hadr.) λίτα [ῐ] πολυδαίδαλα is prob. f.l. (Perh. akin to λίνον.)
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