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|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[red]] or [[purple cloth]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>731</span>,<span class="bibl">735</span>; used for horses, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[red cloak]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>320</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">φοινικίδ' ὀξεῖαν πάνυ</b> a [[red cloak]] as bright as bright can be, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1173</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1175</span> (both troch.): esp. the <b class="b2">dark-red military cloak</b> of the Lacedaemonians, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1140</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>11.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>542</span>; also worn by Persians, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.1</span>, cf. φοινικιστής ''ΙΙ''; by Macedonians, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Aem.</span>18</span>, etc.; distinguished from [[πορφυρίς]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[red curtain]] or [[carpet]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.76</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[red flag]] hung out as the signal for action, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.66.11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.13.77</span>, etc.; generally, [[red banner]], <b class="b3">φοινικίδας ἀνασείειν</b>, a form in solemn curses or excommunications, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">ornamental palm-tree, Inscr. Délos</b>314<span class="title">B</span>137 (iii B. C.).</span>