πέπλος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • any woven cloth used for a covering, sheet, carpet, curtain, veil
  • upper garment or full-length mantle in one piece, worn by women
  • (at Athens) embroidered robe carried in procession at the Panathenaea
  • (less frequent) man's robe or cloak, especially of long Persian dresses
  • (anatomy) peritoneum
  • wartweed ()

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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