ταινία

A. band, fillet, esp. headband, worn in sign of victory, θήσω δὲ νικητήριον τρεῖς ταινίας Eub. 3, cf. Emp. 112.6, X. Smp. 5.9, Pl. Smp. 212e, Paus. 6.20.19, etc.; ταινίας πωλεῖν D. 57.31; also, the breastband of young girls, etc., Anacreont. 22.13, cf. Paus. 9.39.8, Poll. 7.65; abdominal band, Diocl.Fr. 142; bandage, Hp. Art. 50 (pl.), IG 42(1).121.49,61 (Epid., iv B.C.), Sor. Fasc. 25, al.; ribbon, distd. fr. λημνίσκος, PCair.Zen. 696 (iii B.C.).

2. strip in fur, Opp. C. 1.322.

3. pennon of a ship, D.Chr. 74.8, Poll. 1.90; of a spear, D.S. 15.52.

4. = ταινίδιον 111 or IV, τ. χρυσῆ, ἐφ’ ἧς ἐπιγραφὴ Βασίλισσα Στρατονίκη . . Inscr.Délos 442 B 33 (ii B.C.); τ. περιηργυρωμένη ib. 29.

II. strip or tongue of land, D.S. 1.31, App. Pun. 121, Plu. Alex. 26; sandbank, PTeb. 5.30, PStrassb. 85.20 (both ii B.C.), Plb. 4.41.1, Str. 1.3.4.

2. name of a strip of land near lake Mareotis, Ath. 1.33e.

III. in joiner's work, fillet, fascia, τὴν τ. ἐπὶ τὸν θρᾶνον τοῦ νεὼ ἐπιθέντι IG 11(2).161 A 50 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. LXX Ez. 27.5, EM 749.38; περιθήσει ταινίαν μέλαιναν a black band (round a mosaic floor), PCair.Zen. 665.8 (iii B.C.).

IV. tape-worm, Gal. 14.755, Gp. 12.27.2 (pl.).

V. a long, thin fish, Epich. 56, Arist. HA 504b33. [ι, but ι metri gr., Emp. l.c., Opp.l.c.]