καλάμη
κᾰλᾰ/μ-η,
ἡ, (v.
κάλαμος)
A). stalk, esp.
the stalk or
straw of corn, metaph. in
Hom.,
αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ’ ὀλίγιστος, i.e. when there is much
straw and little harvest, much
slaughter and little profit,
Il. 19.222 ;
κ. πυρῶν wheat-
straw,
Hdt. 4.33 ;
σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος X. An. 5.4.27 ;
καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα .. ἀσταχύων Call. Cer. 20 ; prov. of a greedy farmer,
πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another,
Lys. Fr. 77 : pl.,
σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ.
D.H. 5.13 .
2). stubble,
Arist. Mete. 341b27 ,
PSI 4.380.6 (iii B.C.),
1 Ep.Cor. 3.12 , etc.: metaph., of an old man,
καλάμην γέ σ’ ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν thou mayst still, I ween, perceive
the stubble (i.e.
the residue) of former strength,
Od. 14.214 ;
τὸ γῆρας καλάμη Arist. Rh. 1410b14 ;
τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος AP 11.36 (
Phil.);
Ῥήσου κ.
the remains of Rhesus, i.e. his
corpse, Orac. ap.
Polyaen. 6.53 ;
ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι to judge from
the remains,
Luc. Alex. 5 .
ShortDef
the stalk
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κᾰλᾰ/μ-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (v. <span class="foreign greek">κάλαμος</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stalk</span>, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the stalk</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">straw of corn</span>, metaph. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ’ ὀλίγιστος</span>, i.e. when there is much <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">straw</span> and little harvest, much <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slaughter</span> and little profit, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.222 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κ. πυρῶν</span> wheat-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">straw</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.4.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα .. ἀσταχύων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cer.</span> 20 </a> ; prov. of a greedy farmer, <span class="foreign greek">πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν</span> to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 77 </a>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:5:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:5.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 5.13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stubble</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:341b:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:341b.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 341b27 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 4.380.6 </span> (iii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 3.12 </a>, etc.: metaph., of an old man, <span class="foreign greek">καλάμην γέ σ’ ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν</span> thou mayst still, I ween, perceive <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the stubble</span> (i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the residue</span>) of former strength, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.214 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ γῆρας καλάμη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1410b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1410b.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1410b14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.36 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">Ῥήσου κ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the remains</span> of Rhesus, i.e. his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">corpse</span>, Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:6:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:6.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polyaen.</span> 6.53 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι</span> to judge from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the remains</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κολχὶς κ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">λίνον</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 265 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">κάλαμος</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:8:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:8.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 8.9 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}