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Chiton vs Stola - What's the difference?

chiton | stola |

As nouns the difference between chiton and stola

is that chiton is a loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece while stola is the traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men.

chiton

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
  • * 1992 , Donna Tartt, The Secret History ,
    • On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
  • * 1998 , Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support'', Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), ''Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway , page 53,
    • She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
  • * 2002 , Nikolaos Kaltsas (editor), Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , page 156,
    • She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
    See also
    *
    Coordinate terms
    (other Ancient Greek costume) * chlamys * exomis * himation * palla * peplum, peplos * toga

    References

    * American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

    Etymology 2

    From . See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton .
  • * 1969 , Sam Hinton, Seashore Life of Southern California , page 72,
    • In the giant chiton , Cryptochiton , this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
  • * 1979 , R. McNeill Alexander, The Invertebrates , page 295,
    • The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a ) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
  • * 1996 , Paul Henson, The Natural History of Big Sur , page 70,
    • The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri ) is the largest in the world.
    Synonyms
    * (mollusc) coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle
    See also
    * ("chiton" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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    stola

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men.

    • Anagrams

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