winding sheet → σάβανο, σινδόνη

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LSJ :
σινδών, όνος, ἡ (ὁ, A.Fr.153; acc. pl. in Hsch. σινδούς, as εἰκούς from εἰκών),
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.HP4.7.7, cf. Str.15.1.20).
anything made of such cloth, garment of linen (sts. muslin), Michel832.19 (Samos, iv B.C.), PCair.Zen.176.255 (iii B.C.), SIG2754.5 (Pergam.), PTeb.182 (ii B.C.), UPZ84.4 (ii B.C.), Luc.Deor.Conc.10; ἐν εὐτελεῖ ς. Plu.2.340d; napkin, Alciphr.3.66; ship's 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)



 

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