κύπασσις

English (LSJ)

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   A -ασίς Hsch.), εως (ιδος Alc.15.6), ὁ (ἡ v.l. in Hecat. 284 J.), short frock, reaching to a man's mid-thigh, Alc.l.c. (in form κυπάττιδες), Ion Trag.59, Lys.Fr.58 S.; also worn by women, Ar. Fr.519, AP6.202 (Leon.), cf. 272 (Pers.), 358 (Diotim.); κ. Περσικαί Hecat.l.c.; κ. χερμάδων prob. for κύπας τις χ. in Lyc.333:—Dim. κῠπασσίσκος, ὁ, Hippon.18.