Χειρόμακτρον

hand-wipe, napkin, towel

Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning] that which among Romans is called a mandh/lion.¹
[The word is derived] from to touch [ma/ttein] the material.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χειρόμακτρον· ὃ παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις καλεῖται μανδήλιον. παρὰ τὸ μάττειν τὴν ὕλην.

Betacode

*xeiro/maktron: o(\ para\ *(rwmai/ois kalei=tai mandh/lion. para\ to\ ma/ttein th\n u(/lhn.