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hi⋅mat⋅i⋅on

  [hi-mat-ee-on]
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–noun, plural -mat⋅i⋅a  [-mat-ee-uh] . Greek Antiquity.
a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
Origin:
1840–50; < Gk hīmation, equiv. to hīmat-, var. of heimat- (s. of heîma) dress, garment (akin to vest, wear ) + -ion dim. suffix
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hi·mat·i·on   (hĭ-māt'ē-ŏn')   
n.   pl. hi·mat·i·a (-ē-ə)
A rectangular woolen or linen cloak worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

[Greek hīmation, diminutive of hīma, hīmat-, garment, variant of heima, from hennunai, to clothe; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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