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(24-10-2018, 07:55 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I thought it meant armour? Which would be the use Alexander gave to it, he used it to protect the gates. I don't think the English meaning of covering (clothes) and covering (coating) would work in ancient Greek?

That's why it gave its name to molluscs and beetle exoskins (chitinous).

So anti-armour.... dunno. Amour piercing?

Could it be a proposition that is being misused? an chiton? An means "or", doesn't it?

It has been used to describe a tunic or toga. I've read quite a few references where they talk about men and women wearing the "chiton" (tunic) and "himation" (the cloth thrown across the shoulders).

Since those first letters aren't clear, the possibility exists that it's "en chiton" rather than "an chiton", especially if one considers how often in medieval texts, they substituted "a" for "e" (this substitution was especially frequent in Germany). Think about how "en" is pronounced in French and then consider how a Bavarian or Tirolian might spell it.

If one is skeptical about "en"... look at the shape of the first letter, a funny triangular hook... now look at the first "e" in "leber/leben" above it. Both are a bit angular and different from the other "e" letters so... either the writer sometimes wrote "e" strangely, OR it is meant to represent some other sound.