σπάργᾰν-ον,τό, (σπάργω)
A. band for swathing infants, ib. 151 , 306 , Pi. N. 1.38 : mostly in pl.,swaddling-clothes,
h.Merc. 237 , Pi. P. 4.114 ; παῖς ἔτ' ὢν ἐν σπαργάνοις
A. Ch. 755
, cf. 529 , 759 , Ag. 1606 ; εἰς σπάργανά μ' αὐτὸς ἔθηκεν
Epigr.Gr. 314.6
(Smyrna,iii A.D.);ἐκ πρώτων ς.ab incunabulis, S.E. M. 1.41 ;τὰ τῆς γεννήσεως εὐτελῆ ς. a meanorigin, Hdn. 7.1.2 :—hence,
2. in Trag. and Com.,objects left with an exposed child, the marks by which a person's true birth and family are identified(Lat.crepundia, monumenta), S. OT 1035 , Men. Pk. 15 , Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 753 ; so prob.τούτου(sc.τοῦ Τηλέφου)δὸς . . μοι τὰ ς. Ar. Ach. 431 .
II. a plant,=ὠκιμοειδές, f.l. for σπαργάνιον , Ps.- Dsc. 4.28 .