χλαῖνα, ης, ἡ,
upper-garment, cloak, wrapper, worn loose over the χιτών, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.3, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 22.9, etc.: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus worn only by men, ἀνεμοσκεπής, ἀλεξάνεμος, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.224, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.529 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυκνὴ καὶ μεγάλη[[ [prev. work] 520; οὔλη 4.50, +others; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα χλαῖναν περονήσατο φοινικόεσσαν διπλῆν ἐκταδίην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.133; ἀπ᾽ ὤμοιϊν χ. θέτο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.118; βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χ. βάλε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.183, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.500 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; given as a prize, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91; as ransom, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.230; αἱ Πελληνικαὶ χ. ἃς καὶ ἆθλα ἐτίθεσαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.7.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also used as a blanket or covering in sleep, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.299, 20.4; δέμνια καὶ χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα 11.189; χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα.. ἐνεύδειν 3.349 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of husband and wife, μίμνομεν μιᾶς ὑπὸ χλαίνης [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 540, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 603.4, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.19, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.164 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 168 (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus): _metaphorically_, χθονὸς χλαῖνα,] Refs 5th c.BC+] i. e. earth thrown over a body like a cloak or blanket, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 872: porv., ᾗ μήτε χ. μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει] Refs 4th c.BC+] content neither with cloak nor rug, i.e. never satisfied, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1459 (the σισύρα] Refs 5th c.BC+] being coarser,[[compare χλαῖναν μαλακήν, σισύραν [prev. author] “V.” 738 (_anapaest meter_)); but also χ. δέ σοι λαβὼν παχεῖαν ἐπιβαλῶ Λακωνικήν 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. πωλεῖν, when spring comes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 715 (_anapaest meter_), compare χλαῖνα· χλανίς, ἢ ἱμάτιον χειμερινόν, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: proverbial, ἐν τῷ θέρει τὴν χ. κατατρίβων,] Refs 5th c.BC+] of reckless improvidence, [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 55: τράγου χ. μελέα,] Refs 4th c.AD+] of a goatskin cloak, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 80 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]