Χιτών
chiton, tunic
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A man's garment.
"And a sleeved short tunic [xitwni/skos xeiridwto/s ], such as befits a slave boy."1
A chiton, therefore, is a lightweight garment, an undershirt; [the word is derived] from the fact that it flows [e)gxei=sqai ] on the limbs.2
"Wearing a chiton of fleecy wool underneath; and even if he deceived [them] saying these things, he would pop up around the fish." That is, he would appear around the fish-shops. That is, he would be found cutting.3
Interpretation of a dream: a ripped chiton ripped away a weight of worries."4
"And a sleeved short tunic [
A chiton, therefore, is a lightweight garment, an undershirt; [the word is derived] from the fact that it flows [
"Wearing a chiton of fleecy wool underneath; and even if he deceived [them] saying these things, he would pop up around the fish." That is, he would appear around the fish-shops. That is, he would be found cutting.3
Interpretation of a dream: a ripped chiton ripped away a weight of worries."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χιτών· ἱμάτιον ἀνδρικόν. καὶ χιτωνίσκος χειριδωτός, οἷος πρέπει δούλῳ παιδί. Χιτὼν οὖν ἐστι λεπτὸν ἱμάτιον, ὑποκάμισον· παρὰ τὸ ἐγχεῖσθαι τοῖς μέλεσι. χιτῶνά γ' ἔχων οὔλων ἐρίων ὑπένερθεν. κἂν ταῦτα λέγων ἐξαπατήσῃ, περὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας ἀνέκυψε. τουτέστιν ἀναφαίνεται περὶ τὰ ἰχθυοπώλια. τουτέστι γλύφων εὑρίσκεται. λύσις ὀνείρου· χιτὼν ῥαγεὶς ἔρρηξε φροντίδων βάρος.
Betacode
*xitw/n: i(ma/tion a)ndriko/n. kai\ xitwni/skos xeiridwto/s, oi(=os pre/pei dou/lw| paidi/. *xitw\n ou)=n e)sti lepto\n i(ma/tion, u(poka/mison: para\ to\ e)gxei=sqai toi=s me/lesi. xitw=na/ g' e)/xwn ou)/lwn e)ri/wn u(pe/nerqen. ka)\n tau=ta le/gwn e)capath/sh|, peri\ tou\s i)xqu/as a)ne/kuye. toute/stin a)nafai/netai peri\ ta\ i)xquopw/lia. toute/sti glu/fwn eu(ri/sketai. lu/sis o)nei/rou: xitw\n r(agei\s e)/rrhce fronti/dwn ba/ros.
Notes (4)
- 1Procopius, Secret History 9.9 (web address 1), on the empress Theodora (cf. alpha 956 note) as a young girl; cf. Kaldellis (41). ↩
- 2This gloss and etymology appear in the A and D scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.42 (where the headword occurs in the accusative,
xitw=na : web address 2 below). See also chi 335. ↩ - 3Aristophanes, Frogs 1067-1068 (web address 3); what follows in the entry is from the scholia to line 1068. ↩
- 4From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251). ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from8 entries
- δ811Διαφανῆ χιτώνιαsheer shifts, transparent shiftsNot the brilliant white [ones], but the thin, through which the bodies of the women are visible. And Isaiah the prophet [writes]: "and the transparent Laconian [sc. shifts]".
- δ1458Δωριάζεινto dress like a Dorian girl[Meaning] to be half-naked: for it is a Dorian custom [sc. for girls] to reveal the body at the side, because they do not have girdles, but for the most part they wear chitons; but in Sparta even the maidens appear…
- ε1838Ἐξωμίςone-shoulder tunicAn Attic word. It means a free man's chiton, not covering the arms, cheap.
- ι401ἸοβιανόςJovianus, JovianOrthodox emperor of [the] Romans, who displayed great care and attention for the churches and recalled all the bishops in exile. And he wrote to St. Athanasius to indicate to him the strictness of his blameless faith.…
- λ56Λάκισμαrent[Meaning a] tear. " [...] they found the chiton bloodstained and rent". Meaning torn.
- χ244Χειριδωτόςhanded, sleeved[Meaning] that which has hands.
- χ321Χιτωνίσκουςshort tunicsXenophon [writes]: "they [the Mossynoecians] wore short tunics which stopped above the knees, about as thick as the linen of a bed-sack".
- χ335Χλαῖναpallium, chlaina[Meaning] a thick and winter-weight garment. [So called] from the [verb] 'I warm' (xlai/nw). But a chiton [is] a light-weight garment, an undershirt; [so called] from the the fact it flows on [e)gxei=sqai] the limbs.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 13 May 2024
- expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, keyword, and link — Ronald Allen
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict