platьno

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `linen, flax, linen-cloth, (linen) thread, cord, fishing-net' (Il.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. rino \/ linon\/

Compounds: Several compp., e.g. λινο-θώρηξ `with linen cuirass' (Il., AP), λινό-ζωστις f. `mercury, Mercurialis' (Hp., Dsc.; f. from a compound *λινο-ζώσ-της; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 148), λευκό-λινον n. `white flax' (Hdt.).

Derivatives: Diminut.: λινάριον `thread, net' (Delos II<sup>a</sup>., D. Chr.), λινούδιον `linen cloth' (pap.), prob. from τὸ λινοῦν ( ἱμάτιον); also λινούτιον (pap.; cf. below). Adject.: λίνεος, - οῦς, - ός (IA.; λινέα, - αία f. `cord, noose' hell.), λίνινος (Tanagra III<sup>a</sup>) `linen', λιναῖος `id., of flax' (Hp., pap.), λινική f. `flax-taxes' (pap.). Verbs: λινεύω `catch with net' (Peripl. M. Rubr.); further late hypostases: δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-λινάω `slip through the net, get away from the net, inspect the net' (Phryn., Eust., H.), ἐκ-λινίζω `get away from the net' (Byz.). On λινεύς = κεστρεύς s. v. - Extensive on compp. and derivv. (also from Middel- and NGr.) Georgacas Dumbarton Oaks Papers 13, 253ff., esp. on λινούδιον, - ούτιον (S. 260ff.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: With λίνον with short vowel agree the Balto-Slavic forms, e.g. Lith. linaĩ pl. `flax, linen', Russ. lën, gen. lьná `id.' Opposite is Lat. līnum with long vowel, from where as loans Celt., e.g. OIr. līn `net' and Alb. li-ri, lį-ni `linen'. The Germ. words too, Goth. lein, ONo. OE OHG līn agree with Lat. līnum and are therefore to be considered as loans. Original identity is however possible, as the cultivation of flax in Middle-Europe is very old. It is however more probable that λίνον and līnum derive from a Mediterranean word, which as name of a new type, perhaps together with new techneques of preparation in Northern and Eastern Eeurope replaced local types and their names (e.g. ONo. hǫrr = OHG haro, OE fleax = OHG flahs, Russ. polotnó = CSl. platьno). In Indo-Iranian the word is (but not the idea) unknown. Details with lit. in WP. 2, 440f., Pok. 691, W.-Hofmann s. līnum, Ernout-Meillet s. līnum, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 323ff. - Fur. 375 cites καὶ λῖνος παρὰ Κυπρίοις H.

See also: S. auch zu λῖτα (s. 2. λίς).

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