The corpus record

χῐτών-ιον

chitonion · τό

womanʼs frock

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Where it lives

Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k

What it meant

χῐτών-ιον · chitōn-ion — LSJ

womanʼs frock, shift

womanʼs frock or shift, Ar. Ra. 414 (lyr.), Pl. 984, Lys. 48, 150, Fr. 325; τὸ γυναικεῖον τοδὶ χ. ib. 632, cf. IG 1(2).386.23, 387.34, 2(2).1514.51, 1517.125, al., PCair.Zen. 776.8 (iii B. C.); also of menʼs wear, Luc. Merc.Cond. 37: prov., [οὐ πρέπει] γαλῇ χ. Stratt. 71.

In the wild

χιτώνια · chitōnia Plato, Epistles 363

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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