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κᾰλᾰμ-άομαι

kalamaomai

gather cornstalks, glean

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What it meant — LSJ

gather cornstalks, glean, gather up

gather cornstalks, glean, Cratin. 420; κ. τὰ ὀπίσω LXX De. 24.20: metaph., [Alexander] ἐθέριζε τὴν Ἀσίαν, ἐγὼ δὲ [Antigonus] καλαμῶμαι Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.182a; gather up the stragglers of an army, LXX Jd. 20.45; οἱ πράκτορες καλαμῶνται ὑμᾶς ib. Is. 3.12.

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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