lintĕum (noun N) : linum
* A linen cloth.
* Lit.: linteum cape atque exterge tibi manus,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 110: uncto linteo,id. Bacch. 3, 3, 42: linteum extersui,id. Curc. 4, 4, 22: merces linteis et vitro delatae,Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40: succinctus linteo,Suet. Calig. 26: sucus linteo colatus,Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164: sella, linteisque lorisque,Mart. 2, 57, 6: lintea componit,Juv. 3, 263.
* Transf.
* Linen: Tarquinienses (polliciti sunt) lintea in vela,Liv. 28, 45.
* A sail: certum est dare lintea retro,Verg. A. 3, 686: non tibi sunt integra lintea,Hor. C. 1, 14, 9: Zephyri veniant in lintea pleni,Ov. Am. 2, 11, 41.
* A girdle: ut qui quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens,Gai. Inst. 3, § 192; cf. also licium.
* A curtain, used as a sign: inscripta lintea,Juv. 8, 168.
* Stuff, cloth, other than linen, Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38 sq.

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