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κάλυξ
κάλυξ κάλυξ (ᾰ), ῠκος, ἡ, καλύπτω a covering, used only of flowers and fruit: the shell or pod of plants, Hdt.; κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι, i. e. when the fruit is setting, Aesch. the calyx of a flower, a bud, a rose-bud, Hhymn., Theocr. in Il. 18. 401, κάλυκες seem to be earrings like flower-cups.

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a covering

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κάλυξ κάλυξ (ᾰ), ῠκος, ἡ, καλύπτω a covering, used only of flowers and fruit: the shell or pod of plants, Hdt.; κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι, i. e. when the fruit is setting, Aesch. the calyx of a flower, a bud, a rose-bud, Hhymn., Theocr. in Il. 18. 401, κάλυκες seem to be earrings like flower-cups.
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16577
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16593
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ka/luc

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