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χλαμύς

χλαμύς

Ancient Greek

Noun

χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlamús) f (genitive χλᾰμῠ́δος); third declension

  1. cloak, robe, mantle (especially a military or royal cloak)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: chlamys, sagochlamys (< *σᾰγοχλᾰμῠ́ς (*sagokhlamús))
  • Russian: хлами́да m (xlamída)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χλαῖνα [f.]”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1635-1636