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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Semitic root of χλαμύς (khlamús) and χλανίς (khlanís). Maybe also χλαμυρίς (khlamurís) and χλανίαι (khlaníai) are related.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰlâi̯.na/ → /ˈxlɛ.na/ → /ˈxle.na/
Noun
χλαῖνᾰ • (khlaîna) f (genitive χλαίνης); first declension
- outer garment also used as blanket: cloak, mantle, wrapper
- Synonym: σῐσῠ́ρᾱ (sisúrā)
Usage notes
In Homer only worn by men.
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Further reading
- “χλαῖνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χλαῖνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χλαῖνα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χλαῖνα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 94, →DOI, page 148