The corpus record

καλαῦροψ

kalaurops · ἡ

shepherdʼs staff

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

shepherdʼs staff, crook

shepherdʼs staff or crook, which was thrown so as to drive back the cattle to the herd, Il. 23.845, Antim. 61, A.R. 2.33, AP 6.106 (Zonas), APl. 16.74, D.H. 1.39, Longus 1.8, BSA 16.107 (Pamphylia, ii/iii A.D.). (Prob. καλά-ϝροψ, from *ϝρέπω, v. ῥέπω: but the first part of the word is uncertain.)

In the wild

καλαύροπα · kalauropa Iliad 23.845

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. καλαῦροψ (scan pp. 669-670; entry #2848).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. καλαῦροψ (scan p. 498; entry #3552).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. καλαῦροψ (scan p. 794; entry #2723).

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