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Χλαῖνα · pallium, chlaina (χ 335) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near χ335

χ331earth-treading [things]
χ332earth, ground
χ333chlamys
χ334chlanis, mantle
χ335pallium, chlaina
χ336chlainai, cloaks
χ337I jeer at, I scoff at
χ338scoffing
χ339luxuriant

Suda/Χ chi/χ335

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Χλαῖνα

pallium, chlaina

Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

clothing
daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
trade and manufacture

1 note · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] a thick and winter-weight garment. [So called] from the [verb] 'I warm' (xlai/nw).¹ But a chiton [is] a light-weight garment, an undershirt; [so called] from the the fact it flows on [e)gxei=sqai] the limbs.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χλαῖνα· τὸ παχὺ καὶ χειμερινὸν ἱμάτιον. παρὰ τὸ χλιαίνω. Χιτὼν δὲ τὸ λεπτὸν ἱμάτιον, τὸ ὑποκάμισον· παρὰ τὸ ἐγχεῖσθαι τοῖς μέλεσιν.

Betacode

*xlai=na: to\ paxu\ kai\ xeimerino\n i(ma/tion. para\ to\ xliai/nw. *xitw\n de\ to\ lepto\n i(ma/tion, to\ u(poka/mison: para\ to\ e)gxei=sqai toi=s me/lesin.

Notes (1)

[1] Similarly in other lexica and grammars, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Hesychius, and ps.-Herodian 149.
2This information has already been given under chi 320.

Linked from2 entries

χ320Χιτώνchiton, tunicA man's garment. "And a sleeved short tunic [xitwni/skos xeiridwto/s], such as befits a slave boy." A chiton, therefore, is a lightweight garment, an undershirt; [the word is derived] from the fact that it flows…
χ336Χλαῖναιchlainai, cloaks[Meaning] wraps. Homer differentiates the peplos -- which is female dress, a garment fastened on the shoulder -- from cloaks. The same thing he also calls e(ano/n.

Neighbouring entries

χ333Χλαμύςchlamys χ334Χλανίςchlanis, mantle χ335Χλαῖναpallium, chlaina χ336Χλαῖναιchlainai, cloaks χ337ΧλευάζωI jeer at, I scoff at

Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Apr 2015

4 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
12 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
31 Mar 2008cosmetics — David Whitehead
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30 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χλαῖνα (Adler number chi 335), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 30 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/335

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗