- καλάσιρις
- καλάσιρις (-σηρις), -ιος ōKKGrammatical information: f.Meaning: An Egyptian garment with tassels or fringe at bottom (Hdt. 2, 81, Cratin. 30; in Demokr. Eph.1 a Persian garment), also worn at the Mysteries in Andania (Messenia) (IG 5 : 1, 1390, 17; written. -σηρις); Καλασίριες m. pl. name of a kind of Egyptian soldier (Hdt. 2, 164; after the garment or vice versa?).Compounds: As 2. member in τρυφο-καλάσιρις name of a woman's garment (Ar. Fr. 320, 6; cf. Risch IF 59, 269).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: - Ëgyptian word without certain etymology; cf. Spiegelberg Zs. f. ägypt. Spr. 43, 87ff. On the notation Schwyzer Glotta 11, 75f. Also Drioto-Vandier, L'Égypte3, 1952, 572f.Page in Frisk: 1,761-762
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.