1. χλαμύς · chlamys — Chantraine
χλαμύς : gén. -ύδος, acc. -uv (Sappho 54 Lobel-Page) f., « manteau » d'homme, sorte de pèlerine faisant partie de la tenue de voyage, portée spécialement par les militaires — [Chantraine, s.v. χλαμύς, p. 1281]
The corpus record
χλᾰμύς
chlamus
gén
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Where it lives
- Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
- Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
- Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
What it meant
2. χλαμύς · chlamys — Chantraine
χλαμύς {att., hell., tardif) : vêtement caractéristique des Thessaliens et des éphèbes athéniens. Rares composés récents : χλαμυδη-φόρος à propos des éphèbes (Théocr., inscr. 11° 8. après), χλαμυδο-ειδής, -Éc « qui a l’aspect d’une chl. » {Str.), χλαμυδ-ουργός m. « fabricant de chl. » (Poll.), -{o f. « fabrication des chl. » (Χ.), χλαμυδοποιΐα f. (Poll.), χλαμυδο-φορέω « faire le Thessalien » (Poll.). Diminutifs : … — [Chantraine, s.v. χλαμύς, p. 1282]
3. χλᾰμύς · chlamys — LSJ
short mantle
short mantle, worn prop. by horsemen, X. An. 7.4.4; borrowed with the πέτασος from Thessaly, Philem. 34, Poll. 10.124; but said to be Macedonian, Arist. Fr. 500, Phylarch. 62J.; worn by ἔφηβοι, Philem. l.c., cf. AP 6.282 (Theod.); μάτηρ σε . . δῶρον ἐς Ἅιδαν ὀκτωκαιδεκέταν ἐστόλισεν χλαμύδι ib. 7.468 (Mel.); χλαμύδεσσʼ ἀμφεμμένοι, of ephebi, IGRom. 4.360.35 (Pergam., ii A. D.); ἐκ χλαμύδος, = ἐξ ἐφήβου, Plu. Amat. 2.752f, cf. 754f; ἐκ χλαμύδος . . ᾤχετʼ ἐς Ἅιδα IG 12(7).447.6 (Amorgos); worn by
2 military cloak
generally, military cloak, of foot-soldiers, Antiph. 16, Men. 331, Plu. Phil. 11, etc.; of heralds, Ar. Lys. 987.
3 the generalʼs cloak
of the generalʼs cloak, Phld. Vit. p.27J., Plu. Per. 35, Lys. 13, etc.; worn by kings, Id. Demetr. 42, etc.; by tragic kings and heroes, Luc. JTr. 41; by Σειληνοί in a procession, Callix. 2: = Lat. paludamentum, D.C. 59.17, 60.17, al., Hdn. 4.7.3, Cod.Theod. 14.10.1.
4 mantle
a civilianʼs mantle, PCair.Zen. 263.2, al. (iii B. C.), PLond. 2.402ii 16 (ii B. C.), X.Eph. 1.8 cod., POxy. 1288.24 (iv A. D.). (For its shape cf. Plu. Alex. 26.)
In the wild
- χλαμύδας · chlamydas Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..42 (DIORISIS sentence 505)
- χλαμύδα · chlamyda New Testament, Matthew 27.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1222)
- χλαμύδα · chlamyda New Testament, Matthew 27.31 (DIORISIS sentence 1223)
- χλαμύδος · chlamydos Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 12
- χλαμύδας · chlamydas Xenophon, Anabasis 7.4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3411)
- χλαμύδες · chlamydes Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.7.5 (DIORISIS sentence 853)
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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.