chlămys, ydis (chlămyda, ae, as cassida = cassis, al., Ap. Met. 10, 30, 10; id. ib. 11, 24, 9; and perh. Varr. ap. Non. p. 539, 9, where, however, chlamyda may be acc. Gr. from chlamys), f., = χλαμύς,
a broad , woollen upper garment worn in Greece , sometimes purple, and inwrought with gold, worn esp. by distinguished milit. characters, a Grecian military cloak , a state mantle , Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13; id. Ep. 3, 3, 51; id. Mil. 5, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 45; 4, 7, 88; Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Verg. A. 5, 250; 9, 582; 11, 775; Ov. M. 5, 51; 14, 345; 14, 393.—Hence also, the cloak of Pallas , Verg. A. 8, 588; Suet. Calig. 25.—Sometimes also worn by persons not engaged in war, e. g. by Mercury, Ov. M. 2, 733; by Dido, Verg. A. 4, 137; by Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 56 (in Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 63, instead of it, paludamentum); by children, Verg. A. 3, 484; Suet. Tib. 6; cf. Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 69; by actors, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Ap. Flor. 15; by the chorus in tragedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 40.