The corpus record

Τᾰραντῖν-ον

*tarantinon · τό

garment made of a diaphanous material woven from the byssus of the pinna

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Where it lives

Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

garment made of a diaphanous material woven from the byssus of the pinna, a light wrap, pillow

garment made of a diaphanous material woven from the byssus of the pinna, Men. Epit. 272, Semus 20, Nicostr.Com. 40 (v.l. -ίδιον), IG 7.2421.3 (Thebes), Aristaenet. 1.25, Hsch., Phot., Suid., Sch. Ar. Lys. 45: Dim. Τᾰραντιν-ίδιον, τό, a light wrap, Luc. Cal. 16, DMeretr. 7.2, Alciphr. 1.36; apparently = pillow, Gal. 14.631 (in this sense also Τᾰραντιν-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, ib. 639).

In the wild

Ταραντῖνον · Tarantinon Plato, Laws 840

Where it came from

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