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chlamyses

chlamyses is the plural of chlamys.

Meaning of chlamys

Noun

chlamys (plural chlamyses or chlamydes)

  1. (historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
    • He unfolded the chlamys, stretched it out with both hands before me, and then cast it over my shoulders.1824–1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Æsop and Rhosope”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […]

Questions about chlamyses

What is chlamyses the plural of?
Chlamyses is the plural of chlamys.

Words near chlamyses in the dictionary

  1. chlamyopsin
  2. chlamyopsins
  3. chlamyphore
  4. chlamyphores
  5. chlamys
  6. chlamyses
  7. Chlark
  8. chleb
  9. chleuasmos
  10. Chleuh
  11. Chleuhs

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