κᾰλάσῑρις [λᾰ],
ιος,
ἡ,
A). a long Egyptian garment, with tassels or fringe at bottom,
Hdt. 2.81 ,
Cratin. 30 ; also,
a Persian garment of like kind,
Democr.Eph. 1 ; used in the Mysteries of Andania,
IG 5(1).1390.17 (in form
καλάσηρις):—title of a Comedy of Alexis. Cf.
τρυφοκαλάσῑρις.
II). as pr. n.,
Καλασίριες,, a branch of the military caste in Egypt,
Hdt. 2.164 , etc.