χῐτών,
in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [[ “Sammelb.” 4291)] Refs], Doric dialect κῐτών (which see):— garment worn next the skin, tunic.
__I in early times, only of a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, [[ Scholia BT 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.42), χιτῶνα περὶ χροΐ δῦνεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.60; κιθῶνας ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes with a girdle, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.72; τερμιόεις 19.242, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 537 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.437, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.580; [χ.] λαμπρός.. ἠέλιος ὥς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε 14.132, 154; οἱ δ᾽ ἀροτῆρες ἤρεικον χθόνα δῖαν ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατ᾽ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 287. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8; σύροισα χιτῶνα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distinguished fr the Dorian, fastened with περόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.87; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] οὐ πολὺς χρόνος ἐπειδὴ χιτῶνας λινοῦς ἐπαύσαντο φοροῦντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 954.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [[ [prev. author] 2.81 ] Refs]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [[ [prev. author] 7.91; uncertain in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 288 (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]