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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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a covering

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κάλυξ

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κάλυξ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

καλυξ

IDX:

16577

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16593

Key:

ka/luc

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