1. σινδών · sindōn — Beekes
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σινδών
sindon
όνος [f
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What it meant
2. σινδών · sindōn — Chantraine
3. σινδών · sindōn — Frisk
4. σινδών · sindōn — Frisk
5. σινδών · sindōn — LSJ
fine cloth, usually linen, Hdt. 1.200, 2.95, A. l.c., S. Fr. 210.67; βρόχῳ μιτώδει σινδόνος Id. Ant. 1222; σ. βυσσίνης τελαμῶνες, used for mummies, Hdt. 2.86; of surgeons’ bandages, Id. 7.181 (but also ἐξ ἐρίου τὰς σ. ὑφαίνουσιν Thphr. HP 4.7.7, cf. Str. 15.1.20).
anything made of such cloth, garment of linen (sts. muslin), Michel 832.19 (Samos, iv B.C.), PCair.Zen. 176.255 (iii B.C.), SIG 2754.5 (Pergam.), PTeb. 182 (ii B.C.), UPZ 84.4 (ii B.C.), Luc. Deor.Conc. 10; ἐν εὐτελεῖ σ. Plu. Alex. fort. 2.340d; napkin, Alciphr. 3.66; shipʼs sail, E. Fr. 773.42 (lyr.), Luc. Epigr. 39, Alciphr. 1.12; flag, standard, Plb. 2.66.10; cloth or sheet, σ. καθαρά PLond. 1.46.206 (iv A.D.) (so of a winding-sheet, Ev.Matt. 27.59, cf. PPar. 18bis 10); σ. κοιτάριαι sheets, E
In the wild
- σινδόνος · sindonos Herodotus, Histories 1.200.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1436)
- σινδόνος · sindonos Herodotus, Histories 2.86.6 (DIORISIS sentence 2136)
- σινδόνι · sindoni Herodotus, Histories 2.95.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2203)
- σινδόνος · sindonos Herodotus, Histories 7.181.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8120)
- σινδόνι · sindoni New Testament, Luke 23.50 (DIORISIS sentence 1233)
- σινδόνι · sindoni New Testament, Mark 15.46 (DIORISIS sentence 760)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σινδών (scan pp. 1384-1385; entry #5521).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σινδών (scan p. 1025; entry #7243).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σινδών (scan p. 1680; entry #5148).
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