Chlamys

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈklæmɪs/
• RP IPA: /ˈklamɪs/

Origin

From Ancient Greek χλαμύς.

Full definition of chlamys

Noun

1. (historical) A short cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
• 1844, Walter Savage Landor, ‘Æsop and Rhosope’, Imaginary Conversations:He unfolded the chlamys, stretched it out with both hands before me, and then cast it over my shoulders.
• 1977, Mary Carol Sturgeon, Sculpture: the Reliefs from the Theater, p. 38:A male god stands in three-quarter view to right, wearing a chlamys fastened at his right shoulder with a round clasp.