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himation

[ hi-mat-ee-on ]

noun

, Greek Antiquity.
, plural hi·mat·i·a [hi-, mat, -ee-, uh].
  1. a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.


himation

/ hɪˈmætɪˌɒn /

noun

  1. (in ancient Greece) a cloak draped around the body
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Word History and Origins

Origin of himation1

1840–50; < Greek hīmation, equivalent to hīmat-, variant of heimat- (stem of heîma ) dress, garment (akin to vest, wear ) + -ion diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of himation1

C19: from Greek: a little garment, from heima dress, from hennunai to clothe
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Example Sentences

The himation of Sparta was smaller than that at Athens, scarcely covering the person, and which was called the tribon.

He approaches a female figure, of a larger scale, who wears a long chiton and himation.

Two female figures, each wearing a chiton and himation, stand to the front.

On the right is Apollo wearing the dress of a minstrel, having a long chiton girt at the waist, and a himation.

Opposite to him is the picture of Ariadne, also crowned with ivy, clothed in a green chiton and a violet himation.

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