χιτών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κῐθών (kithṓn) – Ionic
  • κῐτών (kitṓn) – Doric
  • χῐθών (khithṓn)

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀑𐀵 (ki-to). From some Central Semitic language *kittan. Compare Aramaic כִּיתּוּנָא‎ (kittōnā, “tunic”) /‎ ܟܘܬܝܢܐ‎ (kuttīnā, kottīnā, “tunic”), Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת‎ (kuttṓnĕṯ, “tunic”); from the word for flax, Aramaic כּיתָּנָא‎ (kittānā, “flax”) /‎ ܟܬܢܐ‎ (kettānā, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (GADA /kitû/, “flax”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), ultimately a substrate word. Likely cognate with Latin tunica.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χῐτών • (khitṓn) m (genitive χῐτῶνος); third declension

  1. man's tunic
  2. tunic
  3. coat of mail
  4. clothes
  5. coat, covering
  6. part of a shoe which covers the foot

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ χῐτών; τοῦ χῐτῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χῐτών
ho khitṓn		 τὼ χῐτῶνε
tṑ khitône		 οἱ χῐτῶνες
hoi khitônes
Genitive τοῦ χῐτῶνος
toû khitônos		 τοῖν χῐτώνοιν
toîn khitṓnoin		 τῶν χῐτώνων
tôn khitṓnōn
Dative τῷ χῐτῶνῐ
tôi khitôni		 τοῖν χῐτώνοιν
toîn khitṓnoin		 τοῖς χῐτῶσῐ / χῐτῶσῐν
toîs khitôsi(n)
Accusative τὸν χῐτῶνᾰ
tòn khitôna		 τὼ χῐτῶνε
tṑ khitône		 τοὺς χῐτῶνᾰς
toùs khitônas
Vocative χῐτών
khitṓn		 χῐτῶνε
khitône		 χῐτῶνες
khitônes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Noun

χιτών • (chitón) m

  1. Katharevousa form of χιτώνας (chitónas)
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