λίνον
Alt. λί^νον, ου, τό,
I. "anything made of flax":
1. "a cord, fishing-line", Il.: "the thread" spun from a distaff, Eur., etc.; and in pl., id=Eur.:—metaph. "the thread of destiny" spun by the Fates, Hom., Theocr.:—proverb., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. to join like with like, to deal with matters of like kind, Plat.
2. "a fishing-net", Il.:— "a hunting-net", Theocr.
3. "linen, linen-cloth", Hom.: "sail-cloth", Ar.
4. "flax" for spinning, id=Ar.
II. "the plant that produces flax", Lat. linum, Hdt., etc.; λίνου σπέρμα "lint-"seed, Thuc.
III. on λίνον ἄειδεν, v. Λίνος II.