λῖτα,λῑτί, case forms of a noun of which no nom. sg. is found (unlessσινδὼν λίςis right in Michel 832.19 (Samos,iv B. C.)),
A. linen cloth,ἑανῷ λιτὶ κάλυψανthey covered [the corpse] with a finelinen cloth, Il. 18.352 , 23.254 ;λῖταmay be acc. sg. or acc. pl., αὐτὴν δ' ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγων, ὑπὸ λῖτα πετάσσας, καλὸν δαιδάλεον
Od. 1.130
; ἔβαλλε θρόνοις ἔνι ῥήγεα καλά, πορφύρεα καθύπερθ', ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθ' ὑπέβαλλεν
10.353
: understood as pl. by Ath. 2.48c ; used for covering a chariot, Il. 8.441 : in AP 6.332 ( Hadr. )λίτα[ῐ]πολυδαίδαλαis prob.f.l.(Perh. akin toλίνον.)