- ἐσθής
- ἐσθής, ῆτος, ἡ (ἕννυμι ‘put clothing on’; Hom.+) clothing Lk 23:11; 24:4; Ac 10:30 (cp. SIG 1157, 39; OGI 332, 38 ἐν ἐσθῆσιν λαμπραῖς); 12:21 (=Jos., Ant. 19, 344 στολὴν ἐνδὺς ἐξ ἀργύρου πεποιημένην πᾶσαν); Js 2:2f; Dg 5:4. The dat. pl. form ἐσθήσεσι, which is not unanimously attested either in Ac 1:10 or Lk 24:4 (but found 2 Macc 3:33; 3 Macc 1:16; Philo, Vi. Mos. 2, 152; BGU 16, 12 [159/60 A.D.]; PLond I, 77, 20, 32 p. 233 [VIII A.D.]. S. also Crönert 173, 1. The form ἐσθῆσιν Jos., Bell. 2, 176 becomes ἐσθήσεσιν in Eus., HE 2, 6, 7.), does not come from a word ἔσθησις, for which there is no reliable evidence in the sing., nor in the pl. except for the dative (s. L-S-J-M), but belongs to ἐσθής; it is the result of an attempt to make the dat. ending more conspicuous by doubling it (WSchulze, ZVS 42, 1909, 235, 2; Schwyzer I, 604). ἔσθεσι Dg 5:1 was in the original, glossed w. ἱματίοις; s. the ed. of Marrou ad loc. B-D-F §47, 4; Mlt-H. 133.—B. 395. DELG s.v. ἕννυμι. M-M. TW.
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