χιτών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κῐθών (kithṓn) – Ionic
  • κῐτών (kitṓn) – Doric
  • χῐθών (khithṓn)

Etymology

Together with Mycenaean Greek 𐀑𐀵 (ki-to) and likely Latin tunica from some Central Semitic *kittān, as found in Aramaic כִּיתּוּנָא‎ (kittōnā, “tunic”) / ܟܝܬܘܢܐ‎ (kittōnā, “tunic”), Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת‎ (kuttṓnĕṯ, “tunic”), which is derived from the local word for flax, found as Aramaic כּיתָּנָא‎ (kittānā, “flax”) / ܟܬܢܐ‎ (kettānā, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (GADA /kitû/, “flax”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῐτών • (khitṓn) m (genitive χῐτῶνος); third declension

  1. man's tunic
  2. tunic
  3. coat of mail
  4. clothes
  5. coat, covering
  6. part of a shoe which covers the foot

Inflection

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: chiton
  • Greek: χιτώνας m (chitónas)
  • Portuguese: quitão, quíton
  • Russian: хито́н m (xitón)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

χιτών • (chitón) m

  1. Katharevousa form of χιτώνας (chitónas)

Further reading

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