χιτωνίσκος
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ὁ ( κιθωνίσκος ib.1523.18), Dim. of χιτών,
A short frock (ὑπὲρ γονάτων X.An.5.4.13), worn by men, Ar.Av.946, Lys.10.10, Phld.Ir.p.39W., etc.; with a girdle, Pl.Hp.Mi.368c; ὥστε με . . θοἰμάτιον προέσθαι καὶ μικροῦ γυμνὸν ἐν τῷ χ. γενέσθαι D.21.216, cf. Pl.Hp.Mi. 368c: less freq. of women, shift, D.19.197, IG22.1514.12, al.; σχιστὸς χ. Apollod.Com.12. II coat of an abscess, Archig. ap. Aët.8.76.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1357] ὁ, dim. von χιτών; Ar. Av. 946. 955; γυμνὸς ἢ χιτωνίσκον ἔχων Plat. Legg. XII, 954 a; Lys. 10, 16; Folgde; Pol. 3, 114, 4; Plut. Num. 13.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χῐτωνίσκος: ὁ, ὑποκορ. τοῦ χιτών, βραχὺς χιτών, (ὑπὲρ γονάτων Ξεν. Ἀν. 5. 4, 13), ἦτο δὲ ἀνδρικὸν ἔνδυμα, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 946, 955, Λυσίας 117. 6, κλπ.· μετὰ ζώνης, Ξεν. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.· ὥστε με .. θοἰμάτιον προέσθαι, καὶ μικροῦ γυμνὸν ἐν τῷ χ. γενέσθαι Δημ. 583. 21, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Ἱππ. Ἐλάττ. 386C· - σπανιώτερον ἐπὶ γυναικῶν, Δημ. 403. 3, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 155. 13, 23, κ. ἀλλ.· σχιστὸν χ. Ἀπολλόδωρ. ἐν «Συνεφήβοις» 1.
