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κάλυμμα

κάλυμμα, a head-covering

κάλυμμα [ᾰ], ατος, τό, (κᾰλύπτω)
  • head-covering, hood, veil, κ. κυάνεον dark veil worn in mourning, Il. 24.93, h.Cer. 42; χρύσεον κ. B. 16.38; ὁ χρησμὸς οὐκέτʼ ἐκ καλυμμάτων ἔσται δεδορκὼς νεογάμου νύμφης δίκην A. Ag. 1178 (but metaph., δείξω τάδʼ ἐκ καλυμμάτων ‘I will lift the veil’, S. Tr. 1078); λεπτῶν ὄμμα διὰ καλυμμάτων ἔχουςʼ E. IT 372, cf. Ar. Lys. 532, Fr. 320.5, Dicaearch. 1.18; κάρα καλύμμασι κρυψάμενον S. Aj. 245 (lyr.); χαλᾶτε πᾶν κάλυμμʼ ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν Id. El. 1468; Μωυσῆς ἐτίθει κ. ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον 2 Ep.Cor. 3.13.
      • 2 fishing-net shaped like a sack, Opp. H. 3.82; βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν, of the garment thrown by Clytaemnestra over her husband, A. Ch. 494.
      • 3 skull (as the brainʼs covering), Nic. Th. 906.
      • 4 grave, AP 7.227 (Diotim.).
      • 5 in animals, the covering of the gills of fishes, Arist. HA 505a2; operculum of testaceans, ib. 547b5; eyelid, Poll. 2.66.
      • 6 covering of honeycomb, Arist. HA 624b31.
      • 7 shell of fruit, Nic. Al. 269.
      • 8 shutter, D.S. 20.91.
      • 9 sheathing-planks for a roof, IG 2(2).1668.57; but, slabs for closing coffers, ib. 4.1484.57 (Epid., iv B.C.), 11(2).144A 42 (Delos, iv B.C.).
      • 10 perh. paving-slab, Milet. 7.60.53.

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