A.a large piece of cloth, web, “φάρε᾽ ἔνεικε Καλυψὼ . . , ἱστία ποιήσασθαι” Od.5.258, cf. E.Hec.1082 (lyr.).
II. commonly, a wide cloak or mantle without sleeves, μαλακὸν δ᾽ ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα . . περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φ. (of a man) Il.2.43; “πορφύρεον μέγα φ. ἔχων ἐν χειρί” 8.221, cf. Od.15.61, Xenoph.3.3, Pherecyd.Syr.2, Hdt.9.109, E.El.1221 (lyr., pl.); also worn by women, Od.5.230, Hes.Op.198, A.Ch.11, etc.; drawn over the head, “μέγα φ. ἑλὼν . . κὰκ κεφαλῆς εἴρυσσε” Od.8.84, cf. E.Supp.286, Ar.Th.890; used as a shroud or pall, Il.18.353, 24.580, S.Aj.916; πύματον φ. my last rag, Pl.Eleg.12; “εἰς ὅ κε φ. ἐκτελέσω . . Λαέρτῃ ἥρωϊ ταφήϊον” Od.2.97, 24.132; also of bed-spread, “δεμνίοις . . στρωτὰ βάλλουσαν φάρη” S.Tr.916: ἀναιδείας φ. (expld. by Hsch. from Il.2.262), S.Fr.291.—Ep., Trag. (for Ar. l. c. is paratrag. and Philetaer.19 is corrupt), and twice in Hdt. (Corinthian acc. to AB1096). [α_ in Hom. and mostly in later Ep.; “φα^ρέεσσι” Hes.Op.198 codd., A.R.3.863. A. has α_ always; S. has α^ in Tr.916, Frr.360, 373, 586, and never certainly “α_;” E. has both α_, E. El.191, Hec. l. c., IT149 (all lyr.), al., and α^, HF414 (s. v. l.), Andr.831, Or.840, Hipp.133 (all lyr.), Supp.286, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.942.]
