χλαῖνα
χλαῖνα,
ης,
ἡ,
A). upper-garment, cloak, wrapper, worn loose over the
χιτών, Hom. (v. infr.),
Alc. Supp. 9.3 ,
Sapph. Supp. 22.9 , etc.: in
Hom. worn only by men,
ἀνεμοσκεπής, ἀλεξάνεμος, Il. 16.224 ,
Od. 14.529 ;
πυκνὴ καὶ μεγάλη ib.
520 ;
οὔλη 4.50 , al.;
ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρα χλαῖναν περονήσατο φοινικόεσσαν διπλῆν ἐκταδίην Il. 10.133 ;
ἀπ’ ὤμοιϊν χ. θέτο Od. 21.118 ;
βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χ. βάλε Il. 2.183 , cf.
Od. 14.500 ; given as a prize,
Hdt. 2.91 ; as ransom,
Il. 24.230 ;
αἱ Πελληνικαὶ χ. ἃς καὶ ἆθλα ἐτίθεσαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Str. 8.7.5 ; also used as a
blanket or
covering in sleep,
Od. 4.299 ,
20.4 ;
δέμνια καὶ χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα 11.189 ;
χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα .. ἐνεύδειν 3.349 ; of husband and wife,
μίμνομεν μιᾶς ὑπὸ χλαίνης S. Tr. 540 , cf.
E. Fr. 603.4 ,
Theoc. 18.19 ,
AP 5.164 (
Mel.),
168 (
Ascl.): metaph.,
χθονὸς χλαῖνα, i. e. earth thrown over a body
like a cloak or
blanket, A. Ag. 872 : porv.,
ᾗ μήτε χ. μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει content neither with
cloak nor rug, i.e. never satisfied,
Ar. Ra. 1459 (the
σισύρα being coarser, cf.
χλαῖναν μαλακήν, σισύραν Id. V. 738 (anap.)); but also
χ. δέ σοι λαβὼν παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν Theopomp.Com. 10 ;
χ. πωλεῖν, when spring comes,
Ar. Av. 715 (anap.), cf.
χλαῖνα· χλανίς, ἢ ἱμάτιον χειμερινόν, Hsch.: prov.,
ἐν τῷ θέρει τὴν χ. κατατ ρίβων, of reckless improvidence,
Metrod. Fr. 55 :
τράγου χ. μελέα, of a goatskin
cloak, E. Cyc. 80 (lyr.).
ShortDef
cloak
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Headword (normalized):
χλαῖνα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χλαινα
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χλαῖνα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ης</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">upper-garment, cloak, wrapper,</span> worn loose over the <span class="foreign greek">χιτών,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 9.3 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:22:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:22.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 22.9 </a>, etc.: in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> worn only by men, <span class="foreign greek">ἀνεμοσκεπής, ἀλεξάνεμος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:224" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.224/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.224 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:529" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.529/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.529 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πυκνὴ καὶ μεγάλη</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:520" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:520/canonical-url/"> 520 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὔλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.50/canonical-url/"> 4.50 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρα χλαῖναν περονήσατο φοινικόεσσαν διπλῆν ἐκταδίην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.133 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπ’ ὤμοιϊν χ. θέτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.118 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χ. βάλε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.183 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:500" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.500/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.500 </a>; given as a prize, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.91 </a>; as ransom, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:230" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.230/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.230 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἱ Πελληνικαὶ χ. ἃς καὶ ἆθλα ἐτίθεσαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:7:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 8.7.5 </a> ; also used as a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blanket</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">covering</span> in sleep, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:299" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.299/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.299 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.4/canonical-url/"> 20.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δέμνια καὶ χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.189/canonical-url/"> 11.189 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα .. ἐνεύδειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.349/canonical-url/"> 3.349 </a> ; of husband and wife, <span class="quote greek">μίμνομεν μιᾶς ὑπὸ χλαίνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:540" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:540/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 540 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 603.4 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 18.19 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.164 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1492.tlg001:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1492.tlg001:168/canonical-url/"> 168 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span></span>): metaph., <span class="foreign greek">χθονὸς χλαῖνα,</span> i. e. earth thrown over a body <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">like a cloak</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blanket,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:872" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:872/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 872 </a>: porv., <span class="foreign greek">ᾗ μήτε χ. μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει</span> content neither with <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cloak</span> nor rug, i.e. never satisfied, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1459 </a> (the <span class="foreign greek">σισύρα</span> being coarser, cf. <span class="quote greek">χλαῖναν μαλακήν, σισύραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:738" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:738/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 738 </a> (anap.)); but also <span class="quote greek">χ. δέ σοι λαβὼν παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theopomp.Com.</span> 10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χ. πωλεῖν,</span> when spring comes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:715" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:715/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 715 </a> (anap.), cf. <span class="foreign greek">χλαῖνα· χλανίς, ἢ ἱμάτιον χειμερινόν,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἐν τῷ θέρει τὴν χ. κατατ ρίβων,</span> of reckless improvidence, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Metrod.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 55 </span>: <span class="foreign greek">τράγου χ. μελέα,</span> of a goatskin <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cloak,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 80 </a> (lyr.).</div> </div><br><br>'}