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peplus [pep-luh s] Examples noun, plural pep·lus·es.
peplos or pep·lus [pep-luh s] noun, plural pep·los·es.
- a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
Origin of peplos First recorded in 1770–80, peplos is from the Greek word péplos (masculine)Related formspep·losed [pep-luh st] /ˈpɛp ləst/, adjective Examples from the Web for peplus Historical Examples of peplus
“That were easy to tell,” Nigidia murmured over the end of the peplus she held.
C. Bryson Taylor
There was no garment, like a cloak, to be worn over the peplus.
Mitchell Carroll
The Peplus was covered with embroidery worked by virgins of the noblest families in Athens.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome
Emilie Kip Baker
Is it a question of classical dress—what a tunic was like, or a chlamys, or a peplus?
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy
John Ruskin
As the peplus was open at the sides, the girdle was the second most important article of feminine attire.
Mitchell Carroll
British Dictionary definitions for peplus peplos peplus noun plural -loses or -luses
- (in ancient Greece) the top part of a woman’s attire, caught at the shoulders and hanging in folds to the waistAlso called: peplum
Word Origin for peplos C18: from Greek, of obscure origin peplus in Medicine peplos [pĕp′ləs, -lŏs′] n. pl. pep•los•es
- The coat or envelope of lipoprotein material that surrounds certain virions.