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Headword: Amphimaschalos
Adler number: alpha,1744
Translated headword: double-armholed, double-armholer
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Referring to a] sleeved himation. But some [say that it is a] servile [garment], or a short tunic. The [himation] of the workmen was single-armholed, where they used to sew up the one armhole. Aristophanes [writes]: "you never thought him worthy of a double-armholer."
Greek Original:
Amphimaschalos: cheiridôton himation. hoi de doulikon, ê mikron chitôniskon. ên de heteromaschalos ho tôn ergatôn, hou tên mian maschalên errapton. Aristophanês: oupôpot' amphimaschalou ton d' êxiôsas.
Note:
Aristophanes, Knights 882 (web address 1), with scholion. Similar material in other lexica.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: clothing; comedy; definition; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 August 2000@12:49:35.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 3 March 2001@09:08:54.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics) on 21 February 2012@05:18:53.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 4 March 2012@01:06:59.
David Whitehead on 24 June 2015@03:02:58.

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