χλᾰμύς [ῠ], ύδος, ἡ:
accusative χλαμύδα, also χλάμυν [
Refs 7th c.BC+]:—
short mantle, worn properly by horsemen, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; borrowed with the πέτασος from Thessaly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; but said to be Macedonian, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; worn by ἔφηβοι, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μάτηρ σε. δῶρον ἐς Ἅιδαν ὀκτωκαιδεκέταν ἐστόλισεν χλαμύδι[
Refs 1st c.BC+]; χλαμύδεσσ᾽ ἀμφεμμένοι, of ephebi, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐκ χλαμύδος, ={ἐξ ἐφήβου}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; worn by Hermes, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also by Eros, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
2) generally,
military cloak, of foot-soldiers, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of heralds, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) of
the general's cloak, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; worn by kings, [
Refs]; by tragic kings and heroes, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; by Σειληνοί in a procession, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: = Latin
paludamentum, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4) a civilian's
mantle, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]