A.fine cloth, usually linen, Hdt.1.200,2.95, A. l.c., S.Fr.210.67; “βρόχῳ μιτώδει σινδόνος” Id.Ant.1222; ς. βυσσίνης τελαμῶνες, used for mummies, Hdt.2.86; of surgeons' bandages, Id.7.181 (but also “ἐξ ἐρίου τὰς ς. ὑφαίνουσιν” Thphr.HP4.7.7, cf. Str.15.1.20).
2. anything made of such cloth, garment of linen (sts. muslin), Michel832.19 (Samos, iv B.C.), PCair.Zen.176.255 (iii B.C.), SIG2754.5 (Pergam.), PTeb.182 (ii B.C.), UPZ84.4 (ii B.C.), Luc.Deor.Conc.10; ἐν εὐτελεῖ ς. Plu.2.340d; napkin, Alciphr.3.66; ship's sail, E.Fr.773.42 (lyr.), Luc.Epigr.39, Alciphr.1.12; flag, standard, Plb.2.66.10; cloth or sheet, “ς. καθαρά” PLond.1.46.206 (iv A.D.) (so of a winding-sheet, Ev.Matt.27.59, cf. PPar.18bis 10); “ς. κοιτάριαι” sheets, Edict.Diocl. 28.16, cf. Th.2.49; ἐντὸς σινδόνος within the veil, esoteric, Iamb.VP 17.72; ἔξω ς. exoteric, ib.18.89.