χλαῖνα

English (LSJ)

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, AP5.164 (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. κατατρίβων, of reckless improvidence, Metrod.Fr.55: τράγου χ. μελέα, of a goatskin cloak, E.Cyc.80 (lyr.).