linum

līnum ī, n

cf. λίνον, flax : lini inopia, Cs.: reticulum tenuissimo lino.— A thread : linum ostendit non una cicatrix, Iu.: linum incidimus, legimus, the fastening (of a letter).— A fishingline : moderabar harundine linum, O.— A linen cloth, linen : Massica lino vitiata, strained through linen , H.— A rope, cable : subducere carbasa lino, O.— A net, hunter's net, toils : positarum lina plagarum, O.: umida, a fisher's net , V.: cymbae linique magister, i. e. the fisherman , Iu.