himation

[hi-mat-ee-on]

noun, plural hi·mat·i·a

[hi-mat-ee-uh] /hɪˈmæt i ə/. Greek Antiquity.

a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.

Origin of himation

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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Examples from the Web for himation

Historical Examples of himation

The clothes she wore were no longer stola and palla, but chiton and himation.
A Friend of Caesar
William Stearns Davis
Finally, the himation was again thrown over the left shoulder, so that the ends fell over the back.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
We mentioned before, that the himation was sometimes pulled over the back of the head like a veil.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
The himation of Sparta was smaller than that at Athens, scarcely covering the person, and which was called the tribon.
The Historical Child
Oscar Chrisman
He approaches a female figure, of a larger scale, who wears a long chiton and himation.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)
A. H. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for himation

himation

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

(in ancient Greece) a cloak draped around the body

Word Origin for himation

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

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