Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλάμινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλάμινος καλάμινη καλάμινον

Structure: καλαμιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ka/lamos

Sense

  1. made of reed
  2. made of cane

Examples

  • Στλεγγίσιν οὐ σιδηραῖσ ἀλλὰ καλαμίναισ ἐχρῶντο. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 321)
  • ἡ δ’ ἄμπελοσ ἐν ἕλεσι φύεται, καλαμίναισ ῥιψὶν ἐπιβαλλομένησ γῆσ, ὅση δέξαιτ’ ἂν τὸ φυτόν, ὥστε φορητὴν γίνεσθαι πολλάκισ, εἶτα κοντοῖσ ἀπωθεῖσθαι πάλιν εἰσ τὴν οἰκείαν ἕδραν. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. made of reed

  2. made of cane

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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