καλάσιρις

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, IG 5(1).1390.17 (in form καλάσηρις):—title of a Comedy of Alexis. Cf. τρυφοκαλάσιρις.

II. as pr. n., Καλασίριες,οἱ, a branch of the military caste in Egypt, Hdt. 2.164, etc.