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κάλαμος

κάλαμος, a reed

κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ,
  • reed, used for thatching or wattling, Hdt. 5.101, al., Th. 2.76; for wreaths, κ. λευκός Ar. Nu. 1006 (anap.); for bedding, Plu. Lyc. 16; for fuel, PCair.Zen. 85 (iii B.C.); various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, Thphr. HP 4.8.4, 9.7.1, Od. 33, Dsc. 1.18; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, Thphr. HP 4.11.1, 9; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, ib. 13; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, ibid.; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, ibid., Dsc. 5.92, PLond. 2.191.11 (ii A.D.), Gp. 2.6.23, cf. Hdt. 3.98; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, Thphr. HP 4.11.13; κ. κύπριος, = δόναξ, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.414; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, Thphr. HP 4.11.1; κ. χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, ibid.
    • II applied to various uses,
      • 1 reed-pipe, flute, Pi. O. 10(11).84, N. 5.38, E. El. 702 (lyr.), IT 1126 (lyr.).
      • 2 fishing-rod, Pl.Com. 11, Theoc. 21.43, Luc. DMort. 22[27].9; κ. ἁλιευτικός Arist. PA 693a23.
      • 3 limed twig used by fowlers, Bion Fr. 10.5, Aesop. 171, 296.
      • 4 shaft of an arrow, Ptol. Alm. 7.5; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, Thphr. HP 4.11.11.
      • 5 reed-pen, LXX Ps. 44(45).1, 3 Ep.Jo. 13, Plu. Dem. 29, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 38; κάλαμοι γραφικοί PGrenf. 2.38.7 (i B.C.); κ. γραφεῖς Poll. 10.61.
      • 6 measuring-rod, Apoc. 11.1, al.: hence, a definite measure, IG 9(1).61.50 (Daulis, ii A.D.); = 5 πήχεις, Hero *Geom. 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, ib. 23.13.
      • 7 Medic., tube for insufflation, Aret. CA 1.9, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.985; for fumigation, Dsc. Eup. 1.56; for extraction, Cels. 7.5.2; also, splint, Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.282 C.
      • 8 ornament of female dress, AP 6.292 (Hedyl.).
      • 9 stake to which vines were tied, PFlor. 369.4 (ii A.D.), Jul. Or. 3.125b, etc.
    • III collectively,
      • 1 reed, i.e. reeds, Arist. Mete. 359b1, POxy. 742.2 (i B.C.), etc.: in pl., reed-beds, Plb. 3.71.4.
      • 2 of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), X. An. 1.5.1.
      • 3 mat of reeds, Pl. R. 372b; roof of reeds (Coan), Hsch.
    • IV = καλάμη, stalk of wheat, X. Oec. 18.2.
    • V ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, Sch. Luc. VH 1.23.
    • VI ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, Gloss. (Cf. Lat. culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)

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