ὀθόν-ιον, τό,
diminutive of ὀθόνη, linen cloth, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 104, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.3.5, “PSI” 6.599 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.23.3, NT.John.19.40, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]: plural, linen cloths, βύσσινα ὀ. [[ “OGI” 90.18 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC),cf. LXX.Judg.14.13, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 34, etc. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; towels, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.203b ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; linen bandages or lint, for wounds, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 8, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1176. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 sail-cloth, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.20, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.89.2; so perhaps in “PPetr.” 1p.79 (3rd c.BC, _plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]