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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

  • αὐτόθεν μὲν οὖν τὴν ὄψιν εἴκαζεν εἶναι πρὸσ αὑτοῦ, μαχομένου περὶ γῆσ ἀρίστησ καὶ τότε πολὺν καὶ καλὸν ἐχούσησ ἐν κάλυκι στάχυν ἅπασα γὰο κατέσπαρτο καὶ παρεῖχεν εἰρήνῃ πρέπουσαν ὄψιν, ἀμφιλαφῶσ τῶν πεδίων κομώντων μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπερρώσθη πυθόμενοσ σύνθημα τοῖσ πολεμίοισ Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον εἶναι, Δήμητραν δὴ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐδίδου σύνθημα καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον, ἀναδεῖσθαί τε πάντασ ἐκέλευε καὶ καταστέφειν τὰ ὅπλα τῶν σταχύων λαμβάνοντασ. (Plutarch, chapter 6 6:1)
  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό δεῦρ’ ἴθι, βαιόν, ὁδῖτα, πεσὼν ὑπὸ δάσκιον ἄλσοσ, ἄμπαυσον καμάτου γυῖα πολυπλανέοσ, χλωρὸν ὅπου πλατάνων αὐτόρρυτον ἐσ μέσον ὕδωρ καλὰ πολυκρούνων ἐκπρορέει στομάτων ὁππόθι πορφυρέησ ὑπὲρ αὔλακοσ εἰάρι θάλλει ὑγρὸν ἰόν ῥοδέῃ κιρνάμενον κάλυκι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6691)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα κρίνεα ῥόδοισι ἐμφερέα, ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ γινόμενα καὶ ταῦτα, ἐξ ὧν ὁ καρπὸσ ἐν ἄλλῃ κάλυκι παραφυομένῃ ἐκ τῆσ ῥίζησ γίνεται, κηρίῳ σφηκῶν ἰδέην ὁμοιότατον· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 92 5:1)
  • καὶ αὐτοῖσι ἐστὶ ὅσον κέγχροσ τὸ μέγαθοσ ἐν κάλυκι, αὐτόματον ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ γινόμενον, τὸ συλλέγοντεσ αὐτῇ τῇ κάλυκι ἕψουσί τε καὶ σιτέονται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 100 2:3)

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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