himation
Americannoun
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himatia
plural
noun
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Etymology
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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He wore an ancient Greek chiton and a white himation, a kind of cape that flowed down his shoulders.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
On the left is a beardless elderly man, wearing himation and chiton, with staff in left hand and right hand extended.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
He approaches a female figure, of a larger scale, who wears a long chiton and himation.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The figure wears a tunic with sleeves and himation.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
As the man went out, Themistocles took a long himation from the locker and wrapped it around the newcomer.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
Men are rising, putting on their himatia, ridiculing Timon; while the herald at a nod from the president declares the Ecclesia adjourned.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
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