līnum (noun N) : Gr. λίνον; Goth. lein; Germ. Leinwand; Engl. linen
* Flax.
* Lit.: reticulum, tenuissimo lino,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: urit lini campum seges,Verg. G. 1, 77; cf. Plin. 19 prooem. § 2; 19, 1, 1, § 9: lino legato tam factum quam infectum continetur, quodque netum quodque in tela est,Dig. 32, 70, 11.
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* A thread, Cels. 7, 14: consuto vulnere, crassum atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix,Juv. 3, 151.—Esp., the thread with which letters were bound and legal instruments sealed: effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64: per ceram et linum litterasque interpretes salutem mittit,id. Ps. 1, 1, 40: linum incidimus, legimus,Cic. Cat. 3, 5.—Hence: solvere vincula epistolae,to open a letter,Nep. Paus. 4, 1: lino consignare tabulas,Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 6: easque tabulas proprio lino propriaque cera consignamus,Gai. Inst. 2, 181: linum ruptum,Quint. 12, 8, 13.
* A net for hunting or fishing; a hunter's net, toils: positarum lina plagarum,Ov. M. 7, 768: nec lina sequi nodosa sinebam,id. ib. 7, 807; 3, 153.—A fisher's net, drag-net, Verg. G. 1, 142; Ov. M. 13, 931.—Plur., Juv. 5, 102: cymbae linique magister,i. e. the fisherman,id. 4, 45; Sil. 7, 503.
* A linen corselet, habergeon: fugit hasta per oras Multiplicis lini,Sil. 4, 292: tempora multiplici mos est defendere lino,id. 3, 272: thorax Multiplicis lini,id. 9, 587.
* A string of pearls: uno lino decies sestertium inseritur,Tert. Cult. Fem. 1, 9.
* A lampwick: fumigans,Vulg. Isa. 42, 3; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 23: ardens,id. adv. Jud. 9.

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