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κάλαμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάλαμος καλάμου

Structure: καλαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a reed
  2. anything made of reed or cane, staff, rod
  3. measuring rod
  4. pen
  5. flute
  6. shaft of an arrow

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λεγόντων μετὰ ἀποδείξεωσ καὶ τὴν χαρτηρίαν ἤδη καὶ τοὺσ γραφικοὺσ καλάμουσ, ἐν οἷσ ἐχρῶντο, ἐκλελοιπέναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:20)
  • τὴν γεῦσιν ἀλλὰ διαβάλλει καὶ κατηγορεῖ τὴν φαυλότητα πρὶν ἢ βλαβῆναι τἄλλα δ’ οὐκ ἐνοχλεῖ, καθάπερ ὑμῖν, τὰ θυμιάματα καὶ κινάμωμα καὶ νάρδουσ καὶ φύλλα καὶ καλάμουσ Ἀραβικοὺσ, μετὰ δεινῆσ τινοσ καὶ δευσοποιοῦ φαρμακίδοσ τέχνησ, μυρεψικῆσ ὄνομα, συνάγειν εἰσ ταὐτὸ καὶ συμφαγεῖν ἀναγκάζουσα, χρημάτων πολλῶν ἡδυπάθειαν ἄνανδρον καὶ κορασιώδη καὶ πρὸσ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶσ χρήσιμον ὠνουμένουσ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 4:1)
  • "καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα δι’ ὅλησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ τοὺσ καλάμουσ λαμβάνων ἐκ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 85 4:7)
  • ἐν δὲ Λυαίου νηῷ φορβειὰν ^ θήκατο καὶ καλάμουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 7 1:1)
  • τοῦ σοῦ γὰρ πάσχω νεκροῦ χάριν, οἱᾶ πάθοιεν οἱ καταδείξαντεσ βιβλία καὶ καλάμουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 135 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a reed

  2. anything made of reed or cane

  3. measuring rod

  4. flute

  5. shaft of an arrow

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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