1. καλῖά · kalia — Beekes
The corpus record
κᾰλιά
kalia
hut, barn, granary, nest
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 5 · 8.67/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
2. καλιά · kalia — Chantraine
3. καλιά · kalia — Frisk
4. κᾰλιά · kalia — LSJ
wooden dwelling, hut, Hes. Op. 374, 503, Call. Fr. 131; esp. barn, granary, Hes. Op. 301, 307; birdʼs nest, Theoc. 29.12, Ps.-Phoc. 84, A.R. 1.170, 4.1095, Luc. Syr.D. 29, Anacreont. 25.7; lair, ὕστριχος Call. Dian. 96; shrine or grotto, containing the image of a god, AP 6.253 (Crin.), IG 12(2).484.15 (Mytil.). Cf. καλιός. [ῑ in Hes., etc.; ῐ in Theoc. and Ps.-Phoc.]
In the wild
- καλιὰς · kalias Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1515)
- καλιᾷ · kaliai Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 207)
- καλιήν · kaliēn Works and Days 298–301
- καλιαί · kaliai Works and Days 306–307
- καλιήν · kaliēn Works and Days 373–374
- καλιὴν · kaliēn Works and Days 411
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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.