κύπασσις

κύπασσις [ῠ] (-ασίς Hsch.), εως (ιδος Alc. 15.6), ὁ (ἡ v.l. in Hecat. 284 J.),

• short frock, reaching to a manʼs mid-thigh, Alc. l.c. (in form κυπάττιδες), Ion Trag. 59, Lys. Fr. 58 S.; also worn by women, Ar. Fr. 519, AP 6.202 (Leon.), cf. 272 (Pers.), 358 (Diotim.); κ. Περσικαί Hecat. l.c.; κ. χερμάδων prob. for κύπας τις χ. in Lyc. 333:—Dim. κῠπασσίσκος, ὁ, Hippon. 18.