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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wes.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /esˈθis/ → /esˈθis/
Noun
ἐσθής • (esthḗs) f (genitive ἐσθῆτος); third declension
- clothes, clothing, raiment
Declension
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Further reading
- “ἐσθής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐσθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐσθής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐσθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2066 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- apparel idem, page 34.
- attire idem, page 51.
- clothes idem, page 139.
- costume idem, page 176.
- dress idem, page 252.
- garb idem, page 353.
- garment idem, page 354.
- gown idem, page 368.
- habit idem, page 380.
- raiment idem, page 669.
- robe idem, page 719.