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χλαῖνα

chlaina · ἡ

upper-garment, cloak, wrapper

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Where it lives

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  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
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  • Iliad 8 · 0.72/10k
  • Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

upper-garment, cloak, wrapper, blanket, covering, like a cloak, blanket, cloak, cloak

upper-garment, cloak, wrapper, worn loose over the χιτών, Hom. (v. infr.), Alc. Supp. 9.3, Sapph. Supp. 22.9, etc.: in Hom. worn only by men, ἀνεμοσκεπής, ἀλεξάνεμος, Il. 16.224, Od. 14.529; πυκνὴ καὶ μεγάλη ib. 520; οὔλη 4.50, al.; ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρα χλαῖναν περονήσατο φοινικόεσσαν διπλῆν ἐκταδίην Il. 10.133; ἀπʼ ὤμοιϊν χ. θέτο Od. 21.118; βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χ. βάλε Il. 2.183, cf. Od. 14.500; given as a prize, Hdt. 2.91; as ransom, Il. 24.230; αἱ Πελληνικαὶ χ. ἃς καὶ ἆθλα ἐτίθεσαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Str.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χλαῖνα (scan pp. 1686-1687; entry #6576).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χλαῖνα (scan p. 1281; entry #8748).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χλαῖνα (scan p. 2074; entry #6108).

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