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κᾰλᾰμ-αῖος

kalamaios

of, in the cornstalks, grasshopper

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What it meant — LSJ

of, in the cornstalks, grasshopper

of or in the cornstalks (καλάμαι): κᾰλᾰμαία, ἡ, a kind of grasshopper, μάντις ἁ κ. Theoc. 10.18, cf. Sch., Hsch.: κᾰλᾰμαῖον, τό, a small τέττιξ, Paus.Gr. Frr. 87,401, Hsch. s.v. κερκώπη.

II

Καλαμαῖα, τά, festival of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis, IG 2(2).949.9 (ii B.C.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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