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χλᾰνίς

chlanis

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What it meant

1. χλανίς · chlanis — Chantraine

2. χλανίς, gén. -ἰδος {. diminutif «vêtement léger » pour hommes et femmes (ion.-att.). Pratiquement pas de composés : χλανιδο-ποιός m. «fabricant de chl.» (Poll.), avec -ποιΐα «confection de chl+ (X.) et χλανιδουργία {Poll}. Mais, comme pour χιτών, et sans doute parallèlement, diminutifs nombreux : χλανίδιον n. (Hdt., E., Ar. ete.), χλανιδίσκα f. (inser. béot., 1π15 8. av.), χλανιδίσκιον τι. (Aristaenet.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. χλανίς, p. 1282]

2. χλᾰνίς · chlanis — LSJ

upper-garment of wool, mantle, blanket

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

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later, = χλαμύς 3, Lat. paludamentum, Jul. ad Ath. 274c, 278d.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χλᾰνίς (scan p. 1282; entry #8753).

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