χῐτών, in
Ionic dialectProse
κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [
Refs],
Doric dialect κῐτών (which see):—
garment worn next the skin, tunic. I) in early times, only of
a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes with a girdle, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2) later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distinguished fr the Dorian, fastened with περόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [
Refs]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
coat of mail, probably of leather covered with scales or rings, στρεπτὸς χ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης
coats of iron scales with sleeves, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
part of a shoe that coats the foot, upper, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
metaphorically,
any coat, case, or
covering, λάϊνος χιτών (see. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Anatomy,
coat, membrane, τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, [
Refs]; of foetal
membranes, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders'
webs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
plural,
pods or
coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.2)
vesture, [φύσις] σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα (i.e. ψυχάς) χιτῶνι [
Refs 5th c.BC+] of the soul, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]. (Accad.
kitinnu 'linen garment', Hebrew
kètōnet 'tunic'; χεθὼν γὰρ τὸ λίνον ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]