Dictionary entry

φελόνης

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† φελόνης (Rec. φαιλ-), -ου, ὁ

by metath. for παινόλης (also φενόλης, φαινόλιον; Lat. pænula)

a cloak (v. DCG, i, 338; on the idea that the meaning here is book-cover, v. CGT, in l.; Milligan, NTD, 20; Field, Notes, 217 f., where the view that the φ. here is an eccl. vestment is discussed): II Ti 4:13.†