The corpus record

καλύπτρα

kaluptra · ἡ

veil, head-dress, brideʼs veil

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

κᾰλύπτ-ρα · kalypt-ra — LSJ

veil, head-dress, brideʼs veil, veil

veil or head-dress, ἀπὸ δὲ λιπαρὴν ἔρριψε καλύπτρην Il. 22.406, cf. Od. 5.232, Parm. 1.10, A. Pers. 537 (anap.), Supp. 122; κ. πλοκάμων Archil. 18; esp. brideʼs veil, Euph. 107.4: metaph., δνοφερὰ κ. the dark veil of night, A. Ch. 811 (lyr.).

2 veil-money

land given to queens as veil-money (cf. ζώνη I.3), Pl. Alc. 1.123c, Aristid. Or. 19(41).4.

II cover, lid

cover, lid, φαρετρέων Hdt. 4.64 (pl.); θυμιατηρίου IG 2(2).1396.31 (iv B.C.).

2 seed-capsule

seed-capsule, Gp. 11.11.2.

In the wild

καλύπτρην · kalyptrēn Theogony 574–577
καλύπτρην · kalyptrēn Iliad 22.406
καλύπτρην · kalyptrēn Odyssey 10.545
καλύπτρην · kalyptrēn Odyssey 5.232
καλύπτραν · kalyptran Plato, Alcibiades 1 123

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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