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ἐσθής

esthes

clothing, raiment

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐσθής, ῆτος, Dor. ἐσθάς, ᾶτος, Pi. P. 4.79, 253, ἡ, acc. ἐσθήν SIG 1215.7 (Myconos, iii/ii B.C.) : (ἕννυμι):—Α. clothing, raiment, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅλις ἐσθῆτά τε δόντες Od. 5.38 ; χρηστηρία ἐ. the dress of prophetesses, A. Ag. 1270 ; Ἀργολὶς ἐ. Id. Supp. 237 ; μετρίᾳ ἐσθῆτι χρήσασθαι to dress simply, Th. 1.6 : καθαρὰ ἐ., = Lat. toga pura, Nic. Dam. Fr. 127 J. ; τὴν ἐσθῆτα μεταβαλεῖν, = Lat. mutare vestem, put on mourning, D.C. 37.33 (but τὰς ἐσθῆτας μεταβαλέσθαι Plu. Pomp. 59) : in pl., of the clothes of several persons, A. Th. 872 (anap.) ; of one, E. Hel. 421 : abstract pl., πλούτους καὶ τρυφὰς καὶ ἐσθῆτας Pl. Alc. 1.122c, cf. cj. in Arist. Rh. 1386a32, dub. in Pl. Grg. 465b. II. collectively, clothes, ἐσθῆτα ἔσφερον εἴσω, i.e. the clothes just washed, Od. 7.6 ; ἔντυον εὐνὴν ἐσθῆτος μαλακῆς 23.290 ; τὰ ἐσθῆτος ἐχόμενα εἶχον κατηρείκοντο Hdt. 3.66, cf. X. An. 3.1.19 : rarely in later Gr., Plu. CG 2, PThead. 49.4(iv A.D.), POxy. 2110.5 (iv A.D.). III. metaph., ἐ. τῆς πόλεως, of walls, Demad. Fr. 4.
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