χιτών

Ancient Greek

Together with Mycenaean Greek 𐀑𐀵 (ki-to) and likely Latin tunica from some Central Semitic *kittān, as found in Aramaic כִּיתּוּנָא (kittōnā, “tunic”) / ܟܝܬܘܢܐ (kittōnā, “tunic”), Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ, “tunic”), which is derived from the local word for flax, found as Aramaic כּיתָּנָא (kittānā, “flax”) / ܟܬܢܐ (kettānā, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”).

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

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.

(antonym(s) of “man's tunic”): ἱμάτιον (himátion), πέπλος (péplos), χλαμύς (khlamús)

χιτών • (chitón) m