- καλάσιρις
- κᾰλάσῑρις [pron. full] [λᾰ], ιος, ἡ,A a long Egyptian garment, with tassels or fringe at bottom, Hdt.2.81, Cratin.30; also, a Persian garment of like kind, Democr.Eph.1; used in the Mysteries of Andania, IG5(1).1390.17 (in form [full] καλάσηρις):—title of a Comedy of Alexis. Cf. τρυφοκαλάσῑρις.II as pr. n., Καλασίριες, οἱ, a branch of the military caste in Egypt, Hdt.2.164, etc.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.