χλαῖνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Semitic root of χλαμύς (khlamús) and χλανίς (khlanís). Maybe also χλαμυρίς (khlamurís) and χλανίαι (khlaníai) are related.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰlâi̯.na/ → /ˈxlɛ.na/ → /ˈxle.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰlâi̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰlɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxlɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxle.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxle.na/

Noun

χλαῖνᾰ • (khlaîna) f (genitive χλαίνης); first declension

1. outer garment also used as blanket: cloak, mantle, wrapper

   Synonym: σῐσῠ́ρᾱ (sisúrā)

Usage notes

In Homer only worn by men.

Declension

First declension of ἡ χλαῖνᾰ; τῆς χλαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χλαῖνᾰ hē khlaîna	τὼ χλαίνᾱ tṑ khlaínā	αἱ χλαῖναι hai khlaînai
Genitive	τῆς χλαίνης tês khlaínēs	τοῖν χλαίναιν toîn khlaínain	τῶν χλαινῶν tôn khlainôn
Dative	τῇ χλαίνῃ têi khlaínēi	τοῖν χλαίναιν toîn khlaínain	ταῖς χλαίναις taîs khlaínais
Accusative	τὴν χλαῖνᾰν tḕn khlaînan	τὼ χλαίνᾱ tṑ khlaínā	τᾱ̀ς χλαίνᾱς tā̀s khlaínās
Vocative	χλαῖνᾰ khlaîna	χλαίνᾱ khlaínā	χλαῖναι khlaînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελᾰ́γχλαινος (melánkhlainos)
• χλαινηφόρος (khlainēphóros)
• χλαινοθήρᾰς (khlainothḗras)
• χλαινόω (khlainóō)
• χλαίνωμᾰ (khlaínōma)
• χλαινῐ́ζω (khlainízō)
• χλαινῐ́ον (khlainíon)
• χλαινῐστής (khlainistḗs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: laena

Further reading

• “χλαῖνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χλαῖνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χλαῖνα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χλαῖνα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies‎^[1], volume 94, →DOI, page 148