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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

  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ξηράνωσι τὴν κολόκυνθαν, κοιλάναντεσ αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξελόντεσ τὴν ἐντεριώνην ἐμπλέουσιν, ἱστοῖσ μὲν χρώμενοι καλαμίνοισ, ἀντὶ δὲ τῆσ ὀθόνησ τῷ φύλλῳ τῆσ κολοκύνθησ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 37:6)
  • ἦν δέ τισ ἐν βάθει Ἐνδέρα γυμνητῶν ἀνθρώπων κατοικία, τόξοισ χρωμένων καλαμίνοισ καὶ πεπυρακτωμένοισ οἰστοῖσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 18:8)

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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