Lexical Definition

‎χλαμύς‎ chlamýs (khlam-ooce') robe ^G:N-F
of uncertain derivation

robe.

• a military cloak

Abbott-Smith

* χλαμύς, -ύδος, ἡ [in LXX: II Mac 12:35 * ;]
a chlamys, or short cloak worn over the χιτών (q.v.): Mt 27:28, 31 (v. Tr., Syn., § 1).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χλαμύς [ῠ], ύδος, ἡ:

accusative χλαμύδα, also χλάμυν [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—short mantle, worn properly by horsemen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; borrowed with the πέτασος from Thessaly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but said to be Macedonian, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; worn by ἔφηβοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μάτηρ σε.. δῶρον ἐς Ἅιδαν ὀκτωκαιδεκέταν ἐστόλισεν χλαμύδι[Refs 1st c.BC+]; χλαμύδεσσ᾽ ἀμφεμμένοι, of ephebi, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐκ χλαμύδος, ={ἐξ ἐφήβου}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; worn by Hermes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also by Eros, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

__2 generally, military cloak, of foot-soldiers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of heralds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of the general's cloak, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; worn by kings, [Refs]; by tragic kings and heroes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; by Σειληνοί in a procession, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: = Latin paludamentum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 a civilian's mantle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]