Kolpos excess fabric was pulled up over it. The fabric fell over the girdle so as to hide it, and was often pulled longer in back than in front. This fold was the kolpos. A second (visible) zone could be tied over the kolpos to redefine the waist, high or low. This might be hidden again by the apoptygma, the loose, folded down top of the peplos. Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over
Bias against left-handed people "left" itself derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "lyft", "weak". In Ancient Greek both words meaning "left" were euphemisms: the word ἀριστερός, "aristerós" (the standard word in Modern Greek as well) is derived from ἂριστος, "áristos", "best", and the word εὺώνυμος, "euōnymos", "of good name", is another euphemism used in lieu of "ill-named". The Latin adjective "sinister/sinistra/sinistrum" originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister". Alternatively, "sinister" comes from the Latin word "sinus" meaning "pocket": a traditional