ἱστός
ἱστός
ἱστός, ὁ,
ἵστημι
anything set upright:
a shipʼs mast, ἱστὸν στῆσαι or στήσασθαι to step the mast, Hom.:— a rod, pole, Hdt.
the beam of the loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms, Hom.; ἱστὸν στήσασθαι to set up the beam and so begin a web, Hes.; ἱστὸν ἐποίχεσθαι to traverse the loom, because the weaver was obliged to walk to and fro, Hom.
the warp that was fixed to the beam, the web, Hom.
Headword (normalized):
ἱστός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ιστος
Intro Text:
ἱστός
ἱστός, ὁ,
ἵστημι
anything set upright:
a shipʼs mast, ἱστὸν στῆσαι or στήσασθαι to step the mast, Hom.:— a rod, pole, Hdt.
the beam of the loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms, Hom.; ἱστὸν στήσασθαι to set up the beam and so begin a web, Hes.; ἱστὸν ἐποίχεσθαι to traverse the loom, because the weaver was obliged to walk to and fro, Hom.
the warp that was fixed to the beam, the web, Hom.
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