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

  • ἔστι δὲ πολλὰ ἔθνεα Ἰνδῶν καὶ οὐκ ὁμόφωνα σφίσι, καὶ οἳ μὲν αὐτῶν νομάδεσ εἰσὶ οἳ δὲ οὔ, οἳ δὲ ἐν τοῖσι ἕλεσι οἰκέουσι τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἰχθύασ σιτέονται ὠμούσ, τοὺσ αἱρέουσι ἐκ πλοίων καλαμίνων ὁρμώμενοι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 98 4:1)

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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