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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Latin mantēlium. By surface analysis, μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “towel”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
μανδήλιον • (mandḗlion) n (genitive μανδηλίου); second declension
- (Byzantine) any small cloth, such as:
- hand towel
- sweatband
- headscarf
- handkerchief
Declension
Further reading
- μανδήλιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “μανδήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “μανδήλιον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 732