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Headword:
Ζειρά
Adler number: zeta,46
Translated headword: kaftan, zeira
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Or "seira", as some [have it]. Alternatively[1] some sort of garment, which they used to wear on top of their tunics, just like cloaks.
Greek Original:Ζειρά: ἤτοι σειρά, ὥς τινες. ἢ ἔνδυμά τι, ὃ ἐπενεδύοντο μετὰ τοὺς χιτῶνας, ὥσπερ ἐφαπτίδας.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., where
Lysias (fr. 236 Sauppe, now 290 Carey OCT) is cited and
Xenophon (
Anabasis 7.4.4) quoted.
Herodotus reports this kind of garment as worn by Arabians and Thracians: see LSJ s.v. and cf.
zeta 47.
[1] So the transmitted text, both here and in Harpokration; but modern editions of Harpok. emend it to read (by the addition of a single letter nu) "It was".
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 November 2000@11:18:59.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 14 October 2002@21:13:58.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 13 April 2004@02:06:53.
David Whitehead (augmented and modified notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 13 April 2004@04:40:34.
David Whitehead (updated note; tweaks) on 8 July 2011@06:56:39.
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