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κάλαμος .κάλᾰμος (κᾰ), ὁ, a reed, larger than the δόναξ, Lat. arundo, being used for thatching houses or even for making the walls, Hdt.; for making mats or crates, Hdt., Thuc. anything made of reed or cane: a reed-pipe, flute, Pind., Eur. a fishing-rod, Theocr. an arrow, Hor. collectively, of plants, which are neither bush (ὕλη) , nor tree (δένδρον) , Xen. a mat of reeds, Plat. = καλάμη, the stalk of wheat, Xen.

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a reed

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κάλαμος

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κάλαμος

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καλαμος

IDX:

16469

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16484

Key:

ka/lamos

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