χλαμύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Semitic, compare Hebrew גְּלוֹם‎ (glōm, “wrap, mantle, cloak”), Late Babylonian 𒌆𒄖𒇷𒉡 (TUG₂.gu-li-nu /gulīnu, gulēnu, gulānu/, “over-cloak, coat”) likely a West-Semitic loan, Aramaic גְלִימָא‎ (glīmā, “wrap, mantle, cloak”), whence also χλᾰνῐ́ς (khlanís, “upper-garment of wool”), χλαῖνᾰ (khlaîna, “upper-garment, cloak, wrapper”); innovating the δ-stem.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰla.mýs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰlaˈmys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xlaˈmys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xlaˈmys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xlaˈmis/

Noun

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

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χλᾰμῠ́ς; τῆς χλᾰμῠ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χλᾰμῠ́ς hē khlamús	τὼ χλᾰμῠ́δε tṑ khlamúde	αἱ χλᾰμῠ́δες hai khlamúdes
Genitive	τῆς χλᾰμῠ́δος tês khlamúdos	τοῖν χλᾰμῠ́δοιν toîn khlamúdoin	τῶν χλᾰμῠ́δων tôn khlamúdōn
Dative	τῇ χλᾰμῠ́δῐ têi khlamúdi	τοῖν χλᾰμῠ́δοιν toîn khlamúdoin	ταῖς χλᾰμῠ́σῐ / χλᾰμῠ́σῐν taîs khlamúsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν χλᾰμῠ́δᾰ tḕn khlamúda	τὼ χλᾰμῠ́δε tṑ khlamúde	τᾱ̀ς χλᾰμῠ́δᾰς tā̀s khlamúdas
Vocative	χλᾰμῠ́ς khlamús	χλᾰμῠ́δε khlamúde	χλᾰμῠ́δες khlamúdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

χλᾰμῠδουργός (khlamudourgós)
χλᾰμῠδοφορέω (khlamudophoréō)

Descendants

Latin: chlamys, sagochlamys (< *σᾰγοχλᾰμῠ́ς (*sagokhlamús))
- English: chlamys
- Italian: clamide
- Spanish: clámide
Russian: хлами́да m (xlamída)