devouring reeds, cutting, trimming pens
devouring reeds, i.e. cutting or trimming pens, χάλυψ AP 6.65.3 (Paul.Sil.).
The corpus record
κᾰλᾰμη-φάγος
kalamephagos
devouring reeds
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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