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κάλυξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάλυξ κάλυκος

Structure: καλυκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kalu/ptw

Sense

  1. a covering
  2. the shell or pod
  3. the calyx of a flower, a bud, a rose-bud
  4. earrings like flower-cups.

Declension

Third 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

  • ἔστι κρίνον, ῥοδέη τε κάλυξ, νοτερὴ τ’ ἀνεμώνη, καὶ νάρκισσοσ ὑγρόσ, καὶ κυαναυγὲσ ἰόν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 742)
  • θάλλει δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ κάλυξ χρύσεοσ τῇ σακχάρῳ βοτάνῃ παρ’ ἡμῖν λεγομένῃ ἀπομεμιμημένοσ, ὑὸσ δὲ κύαμον Ἑλλήνων οἱ περὶ τομὰσ ῥιζῶν ἐμπείρωσ ἔχοντεσ προσαγορεύουσιν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 216:2)
  • ὁ δὲ κάλυξ μεγέθουσ ἐστὶ σκυταλίδοσ τοῦ μικροῦ δακτύλου, κρατῆρι δ’ ἐμφερὴσ τὴν περιγραφήν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 218:3)
  • τὸ δὲ μέτωπον ἡ μὲν ἐφιελὶσ οὐκ ἔπεισι, λεγέσθω γὰρ οὕτωσ ὁ κάλυξ, τελαμὼν δ’ ἐστὶ χρύσεοσ, ὃσ ἱεροῖσ γράμμασι τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐπιτετμημένοσ ἐστί. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 222:2)

Synonyms

  1. a covering

  2. the shell or pod

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

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