τελᾰμών, ῶνος, ὁ,
broad strap or band for bearing or supporting anything (from τελᾰ- 'bear' (see. Τλάω, τελάσσαι), whence also the hero Telamon took his name):
__1 leathern strap or belt, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.290; δύω τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην, ἤτοι ὁ μὲν σάκεος, ὁ δὲ φασγάνου, of Ajax, 14.404 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; for the sword alone, ξίφος σὺν κολεῷ τε καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι [[ 7.304, compare 23.825; μαχαίρας εἶχον.. ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων 18.598 ] Refs]; περὶ στήθεσσι.. χρύσεος ἦν τ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.610 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; for the shield, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.388, 11.38, 18.480 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; it passed over the shoulder and bore the chief weight, [[ 5.796, 16.803, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.171; τ. φαεινός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.401; χάλκεος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 222. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 broad linen bandage for wounds, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.9.1, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] middle [[ cited in [same work] 10.18.15, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.28, +others; ἀμφὶ τραύματ᾽.. τελαμῶνας βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1669 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, a long linen bandage or roller, for swathing mummies, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.125. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 band for the hair, [[ 4th c.AD: Callistratus Sophista “Statuarum descriptiones” 11. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]