1. in early times, a mans frock, Hom .; sometimes with a girdle, and reaching to the feet ( termiovei" ), Od.; of linen, Ib.; over it was worn a mantle ( fa`ro", clai`na ), which was laid aside in the house.
2. in later times we hear of two sorts of citwvn , the Ionian and the Dorian;—the Ionian like the Homeric, but worn by women, as well as men, Hdt. ; disused by the men about the time of Pericles, Thuc. ;—Dorian adopted at Athens when the Ionian was laid aside. The Dorian citwvn was also worn by Spartan women, being open at the side ( scistov" ), and fastened with perovnai , Hdt. —Over this citwvn was worn the iJmavtion .
II.
of soldiers,
a coat of mail,
of leather covered with scales or rings, Il.,
Hdt.
III.
the upper leather
of a shoe, in
pl.
,
Xen.
IV.
metaph.
any coat, case,
or
covering,
lavi>no" citwvn
(
v.
lavi>no"
);
teicevwn kiqw`ne"
, i.e. walls,
Hdt.
; of a serpents
skin,
Eur.
(Probably an Oriental word.)
citwnavrion
ciØtwnavrion , tov , Dim. of citwvn , Anth.
citwvnion
ciØtwvnion , tov , Dim. of citwvn , properly a womans frock or shift, Ar .;—also of men, Luc.
citwnivsko"
ciØtwnivsko" , oJ , Dim. of citwvn , a short frock, worn by men, Ar. , Xen. , etc. ; of women, a shift, Dem.
ciwvn
ciwvn , ovno", hJ , snow, Hom ., etc. ; nifavde" ciovno" snow flakes, Il.; ciw;n pivptousa Hdt .; ciovni katanivfei Ar.
II. snow-water, ice-cold water, Eur. (From Root CI , cf. cei`-ma , Lat. hi-ems .)
clavdw
* clavdw , assumed as pres. of kevcla<Eth>da , to exult, a pf. form in Pind. ; kallivniko" kecla<Eth>dwv" , of a triumphal hymn, keclavdonta" h{ba/ , of young heroes.
clai`na
clai`na , Ion. claivnh , h", hJ , Lat. laena , a large square upper-garment, a cloak, mantle, Hom .; it was made of wool, and worn over the citwvn , thrown over the shoulders, fastened with a pin or brooch ( perovnh ).—It is also called fa`ro" by Hom. , and in later Greek iJmavtion , Latin pallium. (Deriv. uncertain.)
clainivon
clainivon , tov , Dim. of clai`na , Anth.
clainovw
clainovw , to cover with a cloak, to clothe, Anth.
claivnwma
claivnwma , ato", tov , clothing, cl. levonto" a lions skin cloak, Anth.
clamudhfovro"
cla±muØdh-fovro" , oJ , one who wears a clamuv" , a horseman, cavalier, of the ephebi, Theocr.