different between peplos vs chiton

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (péplos).

Noun

peplos (plural peploi or peploses)

1. (historical) An Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist.
   • 1990, David Martin Halperin, John J. Winkler, Froma I. Zeitlin, eds, Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World

     An obvious question arises: what on earth can Herakles do with a peplos? Throughout Greek tradition, the peplos ("piece of cloth, veil, dress") is a woman's garment, and sometimes a barbarian's garment—no contradiction, as far as a Greek is concerned.

Translations

See also

• peplum
• palla
• exomis
• himation
• chlamys
• chiton

Anagrams

• Leppos, Pelops

Spanish

Noun

peplos m pl

1. plural of peplo

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
• Rhymes: -a?t?n

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian ???????? (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian ???????? (kitû [GIŠ.GADA])

Noun

chiton (plural chitons or chitones)

1. (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
   • 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,

     She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.

Coordinate terms

Translations

See also

• Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

Etymology 2

From New Latin chiton. See above.

Noun

chiton (plural chitons)

1. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.

Synonyms

• (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle

Translations

See also

• chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ONCHIT

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xi.t?n/
• Hyphenation: chi?ton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)

1. chiton (Greek tunic)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)

1. chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)

   Synonym: keverslak