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σχοιν-ίον

schoinion · τό

small rope, cord

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Where it lives

  • Epistula Jeremiae 2 · 15.89/10k
  • Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
  • Amos 2 · 6.5/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
  • Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
  • Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
  • Isaias 4 · 1.52/10k
  • Job 2 · 1.5/10k
  • Regnorum II 2 · 1.24/10k
  • Psalmi 4 · 1.17/10k
  • Jeremias 3 · 1.08/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σχοιν-ίον · schoin-ion — LSJ

small rope, cord, thread, rope, ropes

Dim. of σχοῖνος II, small rope, cord or thread, Hdt. 1.26, 5.85, 86, Ar. Ach. 22, etc.; simply, rope, e.g. for mooring a ship, IG 2(2).1611.254 (pl.); ὅστις ἀναρριχᾶται διὰ σχοινίου Gal. 6.140; ἐπὶ σχοινίου περιπατεῖν Arr. Epict. 3.12.2: prov., τὸ ἐκ τῆς ψάμμου σχοινίον πλέκειν Aristid. 2.309 J.; πλεῖς τὴν θάλατταν σχοινίων πωλουμένων; when there are ropes for sale? Antiph. 100, cf. Com.Adesp. 296.

2 measuring-line

measuring-line, Arist. Mech. 853b5, LXX 2 Ki. 8.2, OGI 669.60 (Egypt, i A.D.): hence,

b measure, portion

measure, portion, LXX Ps. 15.6.

c 100 cubits, the side of an ἄρουρα

100 cubits, the side of an ἄρουρα, PTeb. 13.13 (ii B.C.).

3 girdle

girdle, LXX Je. 45(38).11, Ep.Je. 43.

4

σ. βοτρύων, = σχοινιά I, Aristeas 75 codd. (but σχοινιαί is prob. cj.).

II cord

metaph., λύειν σχοινίον μεριμνᾶν the cord of cares (which binds one), Pi. Fr. 248.

III membrum virile

Com., membrum virile, Ar. V. 1342.

2. σχοιν-ίων · schoin-iōn — LSJ

a bird, perh. = σχοινί(κ)λος, Arist. HA 610a8.

II a melody on the aulos

a melody on the aulos, Plu. Mus. 2.1132d, 1133a, Poll. 4.65, 79.[ed. per Supp.]

In the wild

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Where it came from

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