ἱμάτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῑμᾰ-], τό</b>, in form a Dim. of [[ἷμα]] (i.e. [[εἷμα]]), <span class="sense"><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]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>333</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1524.205, al., <span class="bibl">D.24.114</span>, etc.; λαμπρὸν ἱμάτιον ἔχων <span class="bibl">Epich.[277]</span>; [[θοἰμάτιον]] by crasis for <b class="b3">τὸ ἱμάτιον</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>179</span>, al.; θοἰμάτιον καθεὶς ἄχρι τῶν σφυρῶν <span class="bibl">D.19.314</span>; ἱματίων ἕλξεις Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.122c; of the Roman [[toga]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cor.</span>14</span>: hence <b class="b3">ἐν ἱματίοις</b>, of [[civilian]]s = [[togati]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cam.</span>10</span>; but <b class="b3">ἱμάτιον Ἑλληνικόν</b>, opp. the [[toga]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἱμάτια]], [[τά]], generally, [[clothes]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>279e</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.10</span>; by crasis, θαἰμάτια <span class="bibl">Hippon.83.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>408</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1093</span>; of [[grave-clothes]], <b class="b3">ἐν εἱμ. τρισὶ [θάπτειν</b>] <span class="title">IG</span> 12(5).593.2 (Iulis, v/iv B.), cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., ἱμάτια πόλεως τείχη <span class="bibl">Eust.1871.50</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[cloth]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.23</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S. 14.109</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>21.100</span>. [<b class="b3">ἱμ-</b> in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>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]].]</span>