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χλᾰμύδ-ιον

chlamudion · τό

short mantle

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What it meant — LSJ

short mantle

Dim. of χλαμύς, [short mantle,] Men. 442 (troch.), PCair.Zen. 609.4 (iii B. C.), D.S. 19.9, Plu. Rom. 8, etc.; worn by ἔφηβοι, πρὶν ἐγγραφῆναι καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ χ. Antid.2.2, cf. Teles p.42H.

2 shabby cloak

shabby cloak, Plu. Phoc. 29, Demetr. 9, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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