linyphus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

līnyphus (līnĭf-), i, līnyphĭo (līnĭf-), ōnis, and līnyphĭārĭus (līnĭf-), ĭi, m., = λινόϋφος, λινοϋφής (λίνυφος, Gloss.),

a linen-weaver (post-class.): Scythopolitani linyphi, Cod. Th. 10, 20, 8: alii linyphiones sunt, Hadr. in Ep. ap. Vop. Sat. 8: corpus linyphiariorum, Cod. Th. 10, 20, 16.