The corpus record

κᾰλυπτ-ήρ

kalupter · ὁ

covering, sheath

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Where it lives

Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

κᾰλυπτ-ήρ · kalypt-ēr — LSJ

covering, sheath

covering, sheath, Hp. Haem. 4; νάρθηκας ἢ κ. Arist. Pr. 923b25, cf. Thphr. CP 5.6.4.

2 cover, lid

cover, LXX Nu. 4.13; lid, D.S. 18.26: metaph., γῆ ᾅδου κ. Secund. Sent. 15.

3 tiles

pl., tiles, IG 2(2).463.71, D.H. 6.92; κ. ἀνθεμωτοί IG 2(2).1627.306 (sg.), BCH 35.76 (Delos, ii B.C.), IG 7.3498.61 (Oropus, ii B.C.), Demioprat. ap. Poll. 10.157.

metaph., οἱ τῆς πόλιος κ. ‘pillars of society’, Herod. 2.31.

In the wild

καλυπτῆρα · kalyptēra Septuaginta, Exodus 27
καλυπτῆρα · kalyptēra Septuaginta, Numeri 4
καλυπτῆρα · kalyptēra Septuaginta, Numeri 4

Where it came from

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