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 • (khĭtṓn) m (genitive χῐτῶνος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ χῐτών; τοῦ χῐτῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χῐτών ho khĭtṓn	τὼ χῐτῶνε tṑ khĭtône	οἱ χῐτῶνες hoi khĭtônes
Genitive	τοῦ χῐτῶνος toû khĭtônos	τοῖν χῐτώνοιν toîn khĭtṓnoin	τῶν χῐτώνων tôn khĭtṓnōn
Dative	τῷ χῐτῶνῐ tōî khĭtônĭ	τοῖν χῐτώνοιν toîn khĭtṓnoin	τοῖς χῐτῶσῐ / χῐτῶσῐν toîs khĭtôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν χῐτῶνᾰ tòn khĭtônă	τὼ χῐτῶνε tṑ khĭtône	τοὺς χῐτῶνᾰς toùs khĭtônăs
Vocative	χῐτών khĭtṓn	χῐτῶνε khĭtône	χῐτῶνες khĭtônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

χιτών • (chitón) m