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Strong's #3012 - λέντιον
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- a linen cloth, towel
- of the towel or apron with which servants put on when about to work
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λέντιον, τὄ,
= Lat. linteum, cloth, napkin, towel, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6 (pl.), Vit.Aesop.Oxy. 2083.48, John 13:4, Inscr.Magn. 116.34, BSA 27.228 (Sparta, ii A.D.): — hence λεντι-άριος, ὁ, prob. attendant at the bath, IG 3.1160.72, 14.2323:
λέντιον, λεντιου, τό (a Latin word,linteum), a linen cloth, towel (Arrian peripl. mar. rubr. 4): of the towel or apron, which servants put on when about to work (Suetonius, Calig. 26), John 13:4f; with which it was supposed the nakedness of persons undergoing crucifixion was covered, Ev. Nicod. c. 10; cf. Thilo, Cod. Apocrypha, p. 582f.
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† λέντιον , -ου , τό
(Lat. linteum),
a linen cloth, towel: John 13:4-5.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
This Graecized form (John 13:4 f.) of the Lat. linteum, which in the second syllable shows the more open form of ι (for ε) before a vowel (cf. Moulton Gr. ii. p. 76), is found in Ostr 1611.1 al. (Rom.) λέν [τ (ια)] β ̄ ";two linen cloths,"; and P Oxy VI. 929.10 (ii/iii A.D.) λίνον καὶ λέντιον τριβακόν, ";a linen cloth and a worn towel."; In Magn 116.34 (time of Hadrian) we have λειτουργοῦ. . ἐκγδόσεως λεντίων ἑκατοστή.
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