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

 

Noun

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

  1. outer garment also used as blanket: cloak, mantle, wrapper
    Synonym: σῐσῠ́ρᾱ (sĭsŭ́rā)

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 khlaînă 		τὼ χλαίνᾱ
tṑ khlaínā 		αἱ χλαῖναι
hai khlaînai
Genitive τῆς χλαίνης
tês khlaínēs 		τοῖν χλαίναιν
toîn khlaínain 		τῶν χλαινῶν
tôn khlainôn
Dative τῇ χλαίνῃ
tēî khlaínēi 		τοῖν χλαίναιν
toîn khlaínain 		ταῖς χλαίναις
taîs khlaínais
Accusative τὴν χλαῖνᾰν
tḕn khlaînăn 		τὼ χλαίνᾱ
tṑ khlaínā 		τᾱ̀ς χλαίνᾱς
tā̀s khlaínās
Vocative χλαῖνᾰ
khlaînă 		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 (melắnkhlainos)
  • χλαινηφόρος (khlainēphóros)
  • χλαινῐ́ζω (khlainĭ́zō)
  • χλαινῐ́ον (khlainĭ́on)
  • χλαινῐστής (khlainĭstḗs)
  • χλαινοθήρᾰς (khlainothḗrăs)
  • χλαινόω (khlainóō)
  • χλαίνωμᾰ (khlaínōmă)

Descendants

  • → Latin: laena

Further reading

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