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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάλαμος καλάμω κάλαμοι
Genitive καλάμου καλάμοιν καλάμων
Dative καλάμῳ καλάμοιν καλάμοις
Accusative κάλαμον καλάμω καλάμους
Vocative κάλαμε καλάμω κάλαμοι

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

  • ΕΞΗΡΕΥΞΑΤΟ ἡ καρδία μου λόγον ἀγαθόν, λέγω ἐγὼ τὰ ἔργα μου τῷ βασιλεῖ, ἡ γλῶσσά μου κάλαμοσ γραμματέωσ ὀξυγράφου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 44:2)
  • νάρδοσ καὶ κρόκοσ, κάλαμοσ καὶ κιννάμωμον μετὰ πάντων ξύλων τοῦ Λιβάνου, σμύρνα ἀλὼθ μετὰ πάντων πρώτων μύρων. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 4:14)
  • καὶ εἰσήγαγέ με ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνήρ, καὶ ἡ ὅρασισ αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡσεὶ ὅρασισ χαλκοῦ στίλβοντοσ, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἦν σπαρτίον οἰκοδόμων καὶ κάλαμοσ μέτρου, καὶ αὐτὸσ εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τῆσ πύλησ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:3)
  • Καὶ ἰδοὺ περίβολοσ ἔξωθεν τοῦ οἴκου κύκλῳ. καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ κάλαμοσ, τὸ μέτρον πηχῶν ἓξ ἐν πήχει καὶ παλαιστῆσ, καὶ διεμέτρησε τὸ προτείχισμα, πλάτοσ ἴσον τῷ καλάμῳ καὶ τὸ ὕψοσ αὐτοῦ ἴσον τῷ καλάμῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:5)
  • συρίζων θ’ ὁ κηροδέτασ κάλαμοσ οὐρείου Πανὸσ κώπαισ ἐπιθωύ̈ξει, ὁ Φοῖβόσ θ’ ὁ μάντισ ἔχων κέλαδον ἑπτατόνου λύρασ ἀείδων ἄξει λιπαρὰν εὖ σ’ Ἀθηναίων ἐπὶ γᾶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 22)

Synonyms

  1. a reed

  2. anything made of reed or cane

  3. measuring rod

  4. flute

  5. shaft of an arrow

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