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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

  • σπέρματι μὴν κάλυκεσ κεφαλήγονοι ἀντελέουσιν, ἀργήεισ πετάλοισι, κρόκῳ μέσα χροιισθεῖσαι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 31 2:2)
  • ἶρισ δ’ ἐν ῥίζῃσιν ἀγαλλίασ ἥ θ’ ὑακίνθῳ αἰαστῇ προσέοικε, χελιδονίοισι δὲ τέλλει ἄνθεσιν, ἰσοδρομεῦσα χελιδόσιν, αἵ τ’ ἀνὰ κόλπῳ φυλλάδα νηλείην ἐκχεύετον,9 ἀρτίγονοι δὲ εἴδοντ’ ἠμύουσαι ἀεὶ κάλυκεσ στομίοισιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 31 3:1)
  • "εἰσὶ δ’ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῷ σχήματι περιφερεῖσ, ὧν ἡ μὲν ὅλη περιγραφὴ παραπλησία ῥόδοισ ἐπὶ μικρὸν ἀναπεπταμένοισ ἐστίν, περὶ δὲ τὸν προσαγορευόμενον κάλαθον οὐχ ἕλικεσ, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν, καὶ φύλλα τραχέα περίκειται, λωτῶν δὲ ποταμίων κάλυκεσ καὶ φοινίκων ἀρτιβλάστων καρπὸσ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3739)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτ’ ἐκείνουσ θάλψωμεν, λάμπουσ1’ ὡσ ῥόδεαι κάλυκεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2105)

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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