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μήρινθος
μήρινθος, ἡ, gen. ου; metapl. acc. sg. μήρινθα, as if from μήρινς (cf. ἕλμινς, πείρινς), Orph. A. 597 :—
A). cord, line, string, ἐκ δὲ τρήρωνα πέλειαν λεπτῇ μηρίνθῳ δῆσεν ποδός Il. 23.854 , cf. 869 ; μήρινθον ἐπισπασάμενοι Arist. Mu. 398b17 ; γραμματεῖον μηρίνθῳ δεδεμένον Ach.Tat. 8.12 : metaph., εἰ μὴ μηρίνθους ἡ φιλοσοφία περιτέθεικεν Plu. 2.333c ; fishing-line, Theoc. 21.12 : hence prov., αὕτη μὲν ἡ μ. οὐδὲν ἔσπασε this line caught nothing, i. e. it was of no avail, Ar. Th. 928 , cf. Luc. Herm. 28 ; cf. σμήρινθος.( Hsch. has μηρινθίᾳ· σπάρτῳ (post μήρυγμα).)


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a cord, line, string

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μήρινθος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μήρινθος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ου</span>; metapl. acc. sg. <span class="foreign greek">μήρινθα</span>, as if from <span class="foreign greek">μήρινς</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἕλμινς, πείρινς</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:597" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:597/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 597 </a>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cord, line, string</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐκ δὲ τρήρωνα πέλειαν λεπτῇ μηρίνθῳ δῆσεν ποδός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:854" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.854/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.854 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:869" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:869/canonical-url/"> 869 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μήρινθον ἐπισπασάμενοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:398b:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:398b.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 398b17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γραμματεῖον μηρίνθῳ δεδεμένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ach.Tat.</span> 8.12 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">εἰ μὴ μηρίνθους ἡ φιλοσοφία περιτέθεικεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.333c </span> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fishing-line</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 21.12 </a>: hence prov., <span class="foreign greek">αὕτη μὲν ἡ μ. οὐδὲν ἔσπασε</span> this <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">line</span> caught nothing, i. e. it was of no avail, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:928" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:928/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 928 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herm.</span> 28 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">σμήρινθος</span>.(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> has <span class="foreign greek">μηρινθίᾳ· σπάρτῳ</span> (post <span class="foreign greek">μήρυγμα</span>).)</div> </div><br><br>'}