Χορταῖος

chortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coat

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Apr 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] a shaggy and fleecy chiton.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χορταῖος· ὁ δασὺς καὶ μαλλωτὸς χιτών.

Betacode

*xortai=os: o( dasu\s kai\ mallwto\s xitw/n.

Aelius Dionysius fr. 325 (Schwabe); see also Pollux 4.118, Hesychius s.v.; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antquities 7.72.10. Worn by actors playing Silenus [Author, Myth] (sigma 273).

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