sindon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sindōn (possibly by way of Old French syndone and sindone), from Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn),[1] from Late Egyptian šndy(t), from earlier šnḏwt (kilt).

Noun[edit]

sindon (countable and uncountable, plural sindons)

  1. (obsolete or historical) A fine thin linen muslin or cambric cloth.
  2. (obsolete or historical) A piece of such cloth, particularly
    1. A shroud of such cloth.
    2. (ecclesiastical) The shroud of Jesus following the crucifixion.
    3. (ecclesiastical) The corporal: the cloth placed beneath the eucharist.
    4. A garment or wrapper of such cloth.
      • 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, section 10:
        There were found in it a Book, and a Letter; Both [] wrapped in Sindons of Linnen.
    5. (medicine) A wad, roll, or pledget of such cloth, usually doused with medicine, used to fill open wounds during surgery.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sindon, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1911.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn).

Noun[edit]

sindōn f (genitive sindō̆nis); third declension

  1. muslin

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sindōn sindō̆nēs
Genitive sindō̆nis sindō̆num
Dative sindō̆nī sindō̆nibus
Accusative sindō̆nem sindō̆nēs
Ablative sindō̆ne sindō̆nibus
Vocative sindōn sindō̆nēs

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: sindone

References[edit]

  • sindon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sindon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • sindon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English[edit]

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Verb[edit]

sindon

  1. plural present indicative of wesan