- ἐσθής
- ἐσθής, ῆτος, [dialect] Dor. [full] ἐσθάς, ᾶτος, Pi.P.4.79, 253, ἡ, acc.A
ἐσθήν SIG 1215.7
(Myconos, iii/ii B.C.) : ([etym.] ἕννυμι):—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 (butτὰς 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.CG2, 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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