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

In that case his right hand may have been drawing forward the end of his himation over his right knee.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)|A. H. Smith
Part of middle of female figure, standing to the left, wearing chiton and himation.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)|A. H. Smith
Two female figures, each wearing a chiton and himation, stand to the front.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)|A. H. Smith
On the right is Apollo wearing the dress of a minstrel, having a long chiton girt at the waist, and a himation.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)|A. H. Smith

The clothes she wore were no longer stola and palla, but chiton and himation.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis

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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himation

noun, plural hi·mat·i·a [hi-mat-ee-uh] /hɪˈmæt i ə/. Greek Antiquity.

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himation

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

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