The corpus record

χλῐδ-άω

chlidao

to be soft

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k

What it meant

χλῐδ-άω · chlid-aō — LSJ

to be soft, delicate, live delicately, luxuriously, revel in, to pride oneself, show insolence

to be soft or delicate, χλιδῶσα μολπά Pi. O. 10(11).84; χλιδῶν πλόκαμος A. Fr. 313: but mostly in bad sense, live delicately or luxuriously, Ar. Lys. 640 (troch.); rare in Prose, χ. κατὰ τὴν δίαιταν Arr. An. 5.4.4: c. dat., revel in, τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασι A. Pr. 971; πλούτῳ E. Fr. 986; πώγωνι S. Ichn. 358; χ. ἐπί τινι to pride oneself upon a thing, δῶρʼ ἐφʼ οἷσι νῦν χλιδᾷς Id. El. 360: abs., show insolence, A. Supp. 833 (lyr., s. v. l.).

In the wild

χλιδᾶν · chlidan Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 971
χλιδῶ · chlidō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 972
χλιδῶντας · chlidōntas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 972
χλιδᾷ · chlidai Euripides, Bacchae 152–164
χλιδᾷς · chlidais Sophocles, Electra 359–360
χλιδᾷς · chlidais Sophocles, Ichneutae 366–367

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