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κᾰλαμ-ίτης

kalamites · ὁ

reed-like, of the probe, of the splints

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What it meant

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.

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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