- σινδών
- σινδών, όνος, ἡ (Trag., Hdt.+; IG IV2/1, 118, 70 and 71 [III B.C.]; SIG2 754, 5; PPetr I, 12, 21 [III B.C.]; PTebt 182; PPar 18b, 10; LXX; TestAbr A; ApcMos 40; Jos., Ant. 3, 153) gener. ‘fine cloth’.① fabric made from linen, linen cloth, of the cloth in which the body of Jesus was wrapped Mt 27:59 (on ancient practice Hdt. 2, 86, 6; Vi. Aesopi I G 112 P. ς. καθαράν of a linen garment for a king; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 21 [Stone 54, 21] for Abraham; ApcMos 40 for Adam and Abel; PGM 13, 653 ς. καθ.; PJoüon, Mt 27:59 σινδὼν καθ.: RSR 24, ’34, 93–95); Mk 15:46; Lk 23:53; GPt 6:24 (JBlinzler, ‘Sindon’ in Evangeliis, Verbum Domini 34, ’56, 112f).② a light piece of clothing like a chemise, shirt, by metonymy (cp. Hdt. 2, 95) which was the only piece of clothing worn by the youth who tried to follow Jesus after the latter’s arrest Mk 14:51f (since ς. was in use in ref. to either linen [usually] or cotton, it is impossible to determine from the scanty context the nature of the fabric; on περιβεβλημένος σινδόνα s. 1 Macc 10:64. For the sense and w. suggestion of scanty attire s. Diog. L. 6, 90, where Crates refers to Theophrastus, who does without a beard; a baptismal initiate receives a ς. after being unclothed AcThom 121 [Aa II/2, 231].—MSmith, Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark ’73, 176.—Appian, Iber. 35 §143: when an unexpected cry from a herald wakened them early in the morning, soldiers ran out ἐν χιτῶσι μόνοις, without dressing fully; contrast ἱμάτιον Mk 10:50 [a garment regularly made of wool, PDickerson, JBL 116, ’97, 278f]). S. γυμνός 1a.—M-M.
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