Quick Definition
ὀθόνη, ης, ἡ n.f. a linen cloth, sheet
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail
KJV Usage: sheet
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ, [fr. Hom. down]; a. linen [i. e. fine white linen for women’s clothing; ef. Vanitek, Fremdworter, s. v. ]- b. linen cloth (sheet or sail); so Acts Kenta iexa:) 5:5
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀθόνη othonē 2x
pr. fine linen; a linen cloth; a sheet, Acts 10:11; 11:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ
(of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. אֵטוּן, yarn);
fine linen (Hom., al.).
Later, a sheet or sail: Ac 10:11 11:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀθόνη does not occur in the LXX, and in the NT is confined to Ac τοῦ, 11°: on the possibility that we have here the reminiscence of a medical phrase see Hobart p. 218f. See also Mart. Polyc. xv.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀθόνη (othonē) — sheet. ὀθόν-η, ἡ, fine linen, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always plural, fine linen cloths, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a woman's dress, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: singular, a cloth, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
2. later, sails, πνεύσεται εἰς ὀθόνας [Refs 1st c.BC+]: singular, sail-cloth, sail, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. in plural, of the membranes that enclose the pupil of the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+]