G4616

σινδών

sindōn

Feminine noun · Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin

Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) origin; byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it):—(fine) linen (cloth).

Outline

  1. linen cloth, esp. that which was fine and costly, in which the bodies of the dead were wrapped
  2. thing made of fine cloth
    1. of a light and loose garment worn at night over a naked body
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