ΚΛΩΣΤΗΣ, κλωστης
KLŌSTĒS, klōstēs
Sounds Like: KLOH-stace
Translations: spinner, a spinner, thread-maker, a thread-maker
From the root: ΚΛΩΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person who spins thread, typically from wool or flax. It describes someone engaged in the craft of spinning, which was a common domestic and professional activity in ancient times. It would be used in a sentence to identify such a person, for example, 'The spinner made fine linen.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:152
From the same root
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