A.band, fillet, esp. headband, worn in sign of victory, “θήσω δὲ νικητήριον τρεῖς ταινίας” Eub.3, cf. Emp.112.6, X.Smp.5.9, Pl. Smp.212e, Paus.6.20.19, etc.; “ταινίας πωλεῖν” D.57.31; also, the breastband of young girls, etc., Anacreont.22.13, cf. Paus.9.39.8, Poll.7.65; abdominal band, Diocl.Fr.142; bandage, Hp.Art.50 (pl.), IG42(1).121.49,61 (Epid., iv B.C.), Sor.Fasc.25, al.; ribbon, distd. fr. λημνίσκος, PCair.Zen.696 (iii B.C.).
2. strip in fur, Opp.C.1.322.
4. = ταινίδιον 111 or IV, “τ. χρυσῆ, ἐφ᾽ ἧς ἐπιγραφὴ Βασίλισσα Στρατονίκη . . ” Inscr.Délos 442 B 33 (ii B.C.); τ. περιηργυρωμένη ib. 29.
II. strip or tongue of land, D.S.1.31, App.Pun.121, Plu. Alex.26; sandbank, PTeb.5.30, PStrassb.85.20 (both ii B.C.), Plb. 4.41.1, Str.1.3.4.
2. name of a strip of land near lake Mareotis, Ath.1.33e.
III. in joiner's work, fillet, fascia, “τὴν τ. ἐπὶ τὸν θρᾶνον τοῦ νεὼ ἐπιθέντι” IG11(2).161 A50 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. LXX Ez. 27.5, EM749.38; περιθήσει ταινίαν μέλαιναν a black band (round a mosaic floor), PCair.Zen.665.8 (iii B.C.).
IV. tape-worm, Gal.14.755, Gp.12.27.2 (pl.).
