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κάλᾰμος

kalamos

reed, grass-stalk

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Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. κάλαμος · kalamos — Beekes

κάλαμος [m.] ‘reed, grass-stalk’, often metaph. of objects made of reed, ‘flute of reed, fishing rod, reed pen’, etc. (h. Merc. 47 [cf. Zumbach 1955: 5], Pi, IA); on the botanical mg. see Stromberg 1937: 100f. 41Ὲ *kolh,-m-, klh,-em- ‘reed, straw’> *VAR καλάμη [f.] ‘stalk or straw’ (Hom., Hdt., X, Arist.). eCOMP Especially in botanical terminology (Strémberg 1937: 112), e.g. μονο-κάλαμος ‘with a single stalk’ … — [Beekes, s.v. κάλαμος, p. 668]

2. κάλαμος · kalamos — Chantraine

κάλαμος, χαλάμη, etc. : 1) κάλαμος m. «roseau » (sens plus général que δόναξ), «tige», etc., pour le sens botanique, voir R. Stromberg, Theophrasiea 100-101 (H. Herm., — [Chantraine, s.v. κάλαμος, p. 497]

3. κάλαμος · kalamos — Chantraine

κάλαμος Pi., ion.-att., Thphr., etc.}), le mot est employé pour de nombreux objets faits en roseau : chalumeau, flûte (Pi, E., etc.), canne à pêche (com., etc.), flèche (Thphr., etc.), instrument chirurgical (médec.)}, baguette d’oiseleur (Bion, etc.), natte de roseaux (Pl, etc.), roseau pour écrire (LXX, pap.); — [Chantraine, s.v. κάλαμος, p. 497]

4. κάλαμος · kalamos — Frisk

κάλαμος m. “Rohr, Schilf, Grashalm’, oft übertr. von Gegenständen, die aus Rohr verfertigt sind, “Rohrpfeife, Angelrute, Schreibrohr’ usw. (ἢ. Merc. 47 [vgl. Zumbach Neuerungen 5], Pi., ion. att.); zur botanischen Bed. Strömberg Theophrastea 100f. Daneben καλάμη f. "Getreidestengel, Getreidehalm, Strohhalm, Stoppel’ (Hom., Hdt., X., Arist. usw.). Zahlreiche Kompp., bes. in der botan. Terminologie (Strömberg … — [Frisk, s.v. κάλαμος, p. 792]

5. κάλᾰμος · kalamos — LSJ

reed, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, pole-reed, Arundo Donax, marram, Ammophila arundinacea, bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, spear-grass, Phragmites communis, Arundo Donax

reed, used for thatching or wattling, Hdt. 5.101, al., Th. 2.76; for wreaths, κ. λευκός Ar. Nu. 1006 (anap.); for bedding, Plu. Lyc. 16; for fuel, PCair.Zen. 85 (iii B.C.); various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, Thphr. HP 4.8.4, 9.7.1, Od. 33, Dsc. 1.18; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, Thphr. HP 4.11.1, 9; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, ib. 13; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, ibid.; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, ibid., Dsc.

II

applied to various uses,

1 reed-pipe, flute

reed-pipe, flute, Pi. O. 10(11).84, N. 5.38, E. El. 702 (lyr.), IT 1126 (lyr.).

2 fishing-rod

fishing-rod, Pl.Com. 11, Theoc. 21.43, Luc. DMort. 22[27].9; κ. ἁλιευτικός Arist. PA 693a23.

3 limed, twig

limed twig used by fowlers, Bion Fr. 10.5, Aesop. 171, 296.

4 shaft

shaft of an arrow, Ptol. Alm. 7.5; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, Thphr. HP 4.11.11.

5 reed-pen

reed-pen, LXX Ps. 44(45).1, 3 Ep.Jo. 13, Plu. Dem. 29, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 38; κάλαμοι γραφικοί PGrenf. 2.38.7 (i B.C.); κ. γραφεῖς Poll. 10.61.

6 measuring-rod

measuring-rod, Apoc. 11.1, al.: hence, a definite measure, IG 9(1).61.50 (Daulis, ii A.D.); = 5 πήχεις, Hero *Geom. 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, ib. 23.13.

7 tube, splint

Medic., tube for insufflation, Aret. CA 1.9, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.985; for fumigation, Dsc. Eup. 1.56; for extraction, Cels. 7.5.2; also, splint, Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.282 C.

8

ornament of female dress, AP 6.292 (Hedyl.).

9 stake

stake to which vines were tied, PFlor. 369.4 (ii A.D.), Jul. Or. 3.125b, etc.

III

collectively,

1 reed, reeds, reed-beds

reed, i.e. reeds, Arist. Mete. 359b1, POxy. 742.2 (i B.C.), etc.: in pl., reed-beds, Plb. 3.71.4.

2

of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), X. An. 1.5.1.

3 mat of reeds, roof of reeds

mat of reeds, Pl. R. 372b; roof of reeds (Coan), Hsch.

IV stalk

= καλάμη, stalk of wheat, X. Oec. 18.2.

V shinbone

ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, Sch. Luc. VH 1.23.

VI ticket, tessera frumentaria

ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, Gloss. (Cf. Lat. culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)

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Where it came from

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