1. χλανίς · chlanis — Chantraine
The corpus record
χλᾰνίς
chlanis
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Where it lives
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
- Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
What it meant
2. χλᾰνίς · chlanis — LSJ
upper-garment of wool, finer than χλαῖνα (but gloss on χλαῖνα, Hsch.), worn by women as well as men, Simon. 37.12, Hdt. 3.139, 140, Phld. Vit. p.21J., etc.; used by old people, Ar. Ec. 848, Antiph. 33.3; Μιλησία χ., i. e. of fine wool, Plu. Alc. 23, 2.583e; χλανίδα φορεῖν, as a mark of effeminacy, D. 36.45, cf. 21.133; παρθενικαὶ . . χλανίσιν μαλκαῖς κατάθρυπτοι Eub. 108 (hex.), cf. Com.Adesp. 338; σεμνὸς σεμνῶς χλανίδʼ ἕλκων Ephipp. 19 (anap.), cf. Anaxil. 18.2 (anap.); opp. the τρίβων of the
later, = χλαμύς 3, Lat. paludamentum, Jul. ad Ath. 274c, 278d.
In the wild
- χλανίδα · chlanida Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1557)
- χλανίσιν · chlanisin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 3378)
- χλανίδα · chlanida Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5620)
- χλανίδος · chlanidos Herodotus, Histories 3.139.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3947)
- χλανίδα · chlanida Herodotus, Histories 3.139.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3946)
- χλανίδος · chlanidos Herodotus, Histories 3.139.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3948)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χλᾰνίς (scan p. 1282; entry #8753).