2. red cloak, Ar.Ach.320 (troch.); φοινικίδ᾽ ὀξεῖαν πάνυ a red cloak as bright as bright can be, Id.Pax 1173, cf. 1175 (both troch.): esp. the dark-red military cloak of the Lacedaemonians, Id.Lys.1140, X.Lac.11.3, Arist.Fr.542; also worn by Persians, X.Cyr.6.4.1, cf. “φοινικιστής” 11; by Macedonians, Plu. Aem.18, etc.; distd. from πορφυρίς, X.Cyr.8.3.3.
3. red curtain or carpet, Aeschin.3.76 (pl.).
4. red flag hung out as the signal for action, Plb.2.66.11, D.S.13.77, etc.; generally, red banner, φοινικίδας ἀνασείειν, a form in solemn curses or excommunications, Lys.6.51.
5. ornamental palm-tree, Inscr. Délos314B137 (iii B. C.).