κᾰλαμ-ίτης · kalam-itēs — LSJ
reed-like
= καλάμινος, reed-like, στύραξ Alex.Trall. 5.4, al., Aët. 1.133.
II of the probe, of the splints
ὁ κ. ἥρως, perh. the hero of the probe or, of the splints, nickname of Aristomachus, a surgeon who had a statue at Athens, called ὁ ἥρως ὁ ἰατρός, D. 18.129, cf. 19.249.