The corpus record

κάλχη

kalche · ἡ

murex, purple limpet

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What it meant — LSJ

murex, purple limpet

murex, purple limpet, = πορφύρα, Nic. Al. 393.

2 purple dye

purple dye, Str. 11.14.9.

II rosette

rosette on the capitals of columns, IG 1(2).372.90, 4.1484.83 (Epid., iv B.C.), 11(2).161A 73 (Delos, iii B.C.), Hsch.:—written χάλκη IG 1(2).374.317, al., χάλχη ib. 374.103.

III purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium

purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Alcm. 39, Nic.Dam. 76J.:—written χάλκη in Nic. Fr. 74.60, cf. Ps.-Dsc. 4.58.

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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