Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Subtemen

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SUBTE'MEN or SUBTEG'MEN (κρόκη, ἐφύφη). The weft or woof in weaving; that is, the cross-thread which is passed alternately under and over those of the warp (stamen), to make a piece of cloth. (Varro, L. L. v. 113. Plin. H. N. xi. 28. Ov. Met. vi. 56.) The illustration (Subtemen/1.1) represents an Egyptian in the act of inserting the weft into the warp upon a frame stretched on the ground. Though more like mat-making than weaving, it exhibits the object and process distinctly, as a part of the warp, on which he sits, is seen by itself, while the other half is already interlaced by the weft loosely inserted and not driven up close by the batten.

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