λίνον : flax,
then anything made of it, thread, yarn, esp.
fishing - line, Il.
16.408; of a fisher's net, Il.
5.487; linen cloth, linen, Il. 9.681; fig., of the thread of destiny,
Il. 20.128, Il. 24.210, Od.
7.198. (See cuts under ἠλακάτη.)