himation

[ hi-mat-ee-on ]

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

Origin of himation

1
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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himation

/ (hɪˈmætɪˌɒn) /


nounplural -ia (-ɪə)
  1. (in ancient Greece) a cloak draped around the body

Origin of himation

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

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