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μίτος [ι^], ,
A.thread of the warp, Il.23.762, AP6.174 (Antip.), Sor. 1.80; ἀγαθὶς μίτου, of Ariadne's clue, Pherecyd.148 J., cf. Vett. Val. 276.33, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr.p.158 B.; of a spider's web, AP6.39 (Arch.), cf. E.Fr.369.1 (lyr.); κατὰ μίτον thread by thread, i.e. in detail, or in their due order, in an unbroken series, continuously, κατὰ μίτον τὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐκλογίζομαι each thing in due order, Pherecr.146.7; βίβλοι τετταράκοντα καθαπερανεὶ κατὰ μίτον κατάμικτον codd.) ἐξυφασμέναι in a continuous series, Plb.3.32.2; ut mihi κατὰ μίτον scriberet, Cic.Att.14.16.3; cf. κατάμιτον.
2. thread of destiny, Lyc.584, Man.1.7 prov., ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μ. τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται, Suid.: freq. in epitaphs, “οὐδὲ . . μοιρῶν μίτον ἔκφυγενEpigr.Gr.324.5 (Cnidus); “μοίρης ἐκτελέσασα μίτονIG4.627 (Argos); μοῖρα . . ζωῆς κλῶσε μίτοισι χρόνον ib.12(8).609.5 (Thasos), cf. 3.1337.
II. string of a lyre, Philostr. Jun.Im.6, AP5.221 (Agath.), etc.
III. in Orphic language, seed, Orph.Fr.33.
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