ἱμάτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑμᾰ-], τό, in form a ''Dim. of'' [[ἷμα]] (i.e. [[εἷμα]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[himation]], a piece of [[dress]]; in usage always of an [[outer]] [[garment]], formed by an oblong piece of [[cloth]] worn above the [[χιτών]], Ar.''Ec.''333, ''IG''22.1524.205, al., D.24.114, etc.; λαμπρὸν ἱμάτιον ἔχων Epich.[277]; [[θοἰμάτιον]] by crasis for <b class="b3">τὸ ἱμάτιον</b>, Ar.''Nu.''179, al.; θοἰμάτιον καθεὶς ἄχρι τῶν σφυρῶν D.19.314; ἱματίων ἕλξεις Pl.''Alc.''1.122c; of the Roman [[toga]], Plu.''Brut.''17, ''Cor.''14: hence <b class="b3">ἐν ἱματίοις</b>, of [[civilian]]s = [[togati]], Id.''Cam.''10; but <b class="b3">ἱμάτιον Ἑλληνικόν</b>, opp. the [[toga]], Luc.''Merc.Cond.''25.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἱμάτια]], τά, generally, [[clothes]], Hdt.1.9, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 279e, D.27.10; by crasis, θαἰμάτια Hippon.83.1, Ar.''V.''408 (lyr.), ''Lys.''1093; of [[grave-clothes]], <b class="b3">ἐν εἱμ. τρισὶ [θάπτειν]</b> ''IG'' 12(5).593.2 (Iulis, v/iv B.), cf. Plu.''Sol.''21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., ἱμάτια πόλεως τείχη Eust.1871.50.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[cloth]], Hdt.4.23, D.S. 14.109, Ael.''VH''8.7, Iamb.''VP''21.100. [ἱμ- in Att. Inscrr., ''IG''12.427, 386.18, 22.1514.16, etc.; <b class="b3">εἱμ-</b> ib.12(5) [[l.c.]] (<b class="b3">εμ-</b> lap.), 5(1).1390.16, al.(Andania, i B.C.), which is easier to explain, v. [[εἷμα]], [[εἱματισμός]].]