ἱστίον, τό
(diminutive of ἱστός in form only), web, cloth, sheet: hence in plural, hangings, [[ LXX.Exo.27.9, 15 ] LXX]; as a measure, piece, [[ PRyl. 70.25 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but,
__II from [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards, sail, mostly in plural ἱστία, ἕλκον δ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ.. βοεῦσιν they hauled them up with ox-hide ropes, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.426 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέταθ᾽ ἱστία the sails were spread,[[ 11.11, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱστία στέλλεσθαι, μηρύεσθαι, καθελεῖν, to lower or furl sail (see entry): λύειν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.496; ἱστίοισι χρᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.110; ἄκροισι χρώμενος τοῖς ἱστίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1000: proverbial, πλήρεσιν ἱ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. under full sail, with all one's might, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.25.5, compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: rarely in singular, ἐν δ᾽ ἄνεμος πρῆσεν μέσον ἱστίον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.481; ἐξίει ἱ. ἀνεμόεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.92; ἱστίῳ καταπετάσαι τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 131b, compare “PMagd.” 11.7 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]