σπαρτίον

A. small cord, Ar. Pax 1247, Aeschin. Socr. 41 D., Philippid. 12, LXX Ge. 14.23, Jo. 2.18; of the cord(s) of a bedstead, Arist. Mech. 856b11,18, Poll. 10.36: pl. of one rope, Arist. Pr. 888a21.

II. cord by which the beam of a balance is suspended, Mech. 850a3, 852a20.

2. = σπάρτον 1.2, LXX Jb. 38.5, Ez. 40.3.

III. Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, Dsc. 4.154; cf. λινόσπαρτον.