Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Exōmis

（ἐξωμίς).

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1.

A particular kind of Greek tunic, afterwards adopted by the Romans, without sleeves, very short (substricta), and en

Exomis. (Rich.)

tirely open down the right side, so that, when put on, the right shoulder (ὦμος), as well as the arm and breast, were left exposed (Aul. Gell. vii. 12.1). Hence, the person wearing it was styled expapillatus. It was the usual dress of persons employed in active and laborious occupations, such as slaves, rustics, artisans, and huntsmen; hence, in works of art, it is frequently worn by Vulcan, Charon , Daedalus, and Amazons, all of whom pursued a life of toil or industry.

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2.

The same name was given to the pallium (q. v.), when worn so as to present the same appearance (Poll.vii. 48).