raw flax, lint
raw flax, A. Fr. 206; used for lint, Hp. Morb. 2.60, Int. 23, al.; gloss on σχίδια, Hsch. (pl.).
II coarse linen towel, napkin
coarse linen towel or napkin, Cratin. 9 (lyr., pl.), Plu. Garr. 2.509a.
The corpus record
ὠμό-λῐνον
omolinon · τό
raw flax, lint, coarse linen towel
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Where it lives
- Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ὠμόλινον · ōmolinon Septuaginta, Siracides 40
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.