χ320Χιτών
chiton, tunic
A man's garment. "And a sleeved short tunic [xitwni/skos xeiridwto/s], such as befits a slave boy." A chiton, therefore, is a lightweight garment, an undershirt; [the word is derived] from the fact that it flows…
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…