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|Definition=ῆτος, Dor. ἐσθάς, ᾶτος, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.79</span>, <span class="bibl">253</span>, ἡ, acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐσθήν <span class="title">SIG</span> 1215.7 (Myconos, iii/ii B.C.) : (ἕννυμι):—<b class="b2">clothing, raiment</b>, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅλις ἐσθῆτά τε δόντες <span class="bibl">Od.5.38</span> ; <b class="b3">χρηστηρία ἐ</b>. <b class="b2">the dress</b> of prophetesses, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1270</span> ; Ἀργολὶς ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>237</span> ; <b class="b3">μετρίᾳ ἐσθῆτι χρήσασθαι</b> to <b class="b2">dress</b> simply, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span> : <b class="b3">καθαρὰ ἐ</b>., = Lat. <b class="b2">toga pura</b>, Nic. Dam.<span class="title">Fr.</span>127 J. ; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐσθῆτα μεταβαλεῖν</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">mutare vestem</b>, put on mourning, <span class="bibl">D.C.37.33</span> (but τὰς ἐσθῆτας μεταβαλέσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>59</span>) : in pl., of <b class="b2">the clothes of several</b> persons, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>872</span> (anap.) ; <b class="b2">of one</b>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>421</span> : abstract pl., πλούτους καὶ τρυφὰς καὶ ἐσθῆτας Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.122c, cf. cj. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1386a32</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>465b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> collectively, <b class="b2">clothes</b>, <b class="b3">ἐσθῆτα ἔσφερον εἴσω</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">the clothes</b> just washed, <span class="bibl">Od.7.6</span> ; ἔντυον εὐνὴν ἐσθῆτος μαλακῆς <span class="bibl">23.290</span> ; τὰ ἐσθῆτος ἐχόμενα εἶχον κατηρείκοντο <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.66</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.19</span> : rarely in later Gr., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">CG</span>2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PThead.</span>49.4</span>(iv A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2110.5</span> (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. τῆς πόλεως</b>, of walls, <span class="bibl">Demad.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4</span>.</span>