λίνον [ῐ], τό,
anything made of flax (see. near the end)
__1 cord, fishingline, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.408 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; thread spun from a distaff, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1431 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 38, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 537 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 103; ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ χρυσᾶ ἀνηρμένα ἐπὶ λίνου “IG” 11(2).208.22 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; thread used as a ligature, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.669. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, thread of destiny spun by the Fates, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.128, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.198, etc.: _plural_, τά γε μὰν λ. πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.139, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 104 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., ={ὑπὲρ μόρον}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JConf.” 2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 proverbial, with or without negative, λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 298c, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.487, compare κλωστήρ 11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, hunting-net, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.58, 27.17 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; for catching birds, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.60, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.396 (Paul. Sil.), 343 (1st c.BC: Archias)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 524 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]