1. κάνδυς · kandys — Beekes
κάνδυς, -vog [m.] a mantle with sleeves, worn by the Persians (X.). eETYM From OP *kantu-: see Szemerényi 1991: 2034f.; also, Happ IF 68 (1963): 99. — [Beekes, s.v. κάνδυς, p. 681]
The corpus record
κάνδυς
kandus
vog [m
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Where it lives
- Cyropaedia 3 · 0.38/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
What it meant
2. κάνδυς · kandys — Frisk
κάνδυς m. Bez. eines persischen Obergewands (X, u.a.). Unerklärtes Fremdwort; vgl. Happ IF 68 (1963) 99. — [Frisk, s.v. κάνδυς, p. 2244]
3. κάνδυς · kandys — LSJ
Median double, upper garment with sleeves
Median double or upper garment with sleeves, X. Cyr. 1.3.2, An. 1.5.8, Luc. DMort. 12[14].4, Them. Or. 2.36c; κ. ποικίλος IG 2(2).1514.19.
In the wild
- κάνδυς · kandys Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.8 (DIORISIS sentence 314)
- κάνδυες · kandyes Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 118)
- κανδύων · kandyōn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.10 (DIORISIS sentence 4336)
- κάνδυν · kandyn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.13 (DIORISIS sentence 4344)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κάνδυς (scan p. 681; entry #2900). Root candidates: *kantu-.
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάνδυς (scan p. 2244; entry #7303).