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Καλάμη · stalk (κ 194) · Suda

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κ190you are hitting very well
κ191Kalais, Calais
κ192gleans
κ193stalk-cutting
κ194stalk
κ195stalk; stubble
κ196calamint
κ197Kalamites, Calamites; reed-like
κ198stalk-binding, reaping

Suda/Κ kappa/κ194

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Καλάμη

stalk

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

botany
definition
epic

6 words

Translation

[Meaning] the ear of the grain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καλάμη· ὁ στάχυς τοῦ σίτου.

Betacode

*kala/mh: o( sta/xus tou= si/tou.

Notes

From a scholium on Homer, Iliad 19.222 (web address 1 below).
See also kappa 197 and kappa 198; and kappa 195 for a marginally different sense.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from4 entries

κ192Καλαμᾶταιgleans[Meaning he/she/it] harvests the upper [parts] of the olive-trees, or eats [them] up.
κ195Καλάμηstalk; stubble[The term is taken] from wood [ka=lon], [i.e.] timber; but [it is] the same from "burning" [kau/sews].
κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-likeEither in reference to the stalk of the grain; or a proper name. And Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form [is] Kalamitis. "[She] cherished…
κ198Καλαμώμενοςstalk-binding, reaping[Meaning one] gathering ears of grain. For a 'stalk' [is] the ear of the grain. Also [sc. attested is] 'they bind stalks', [meaning] they make a profit.

Neighbouring entries

κ192Καλαμᾶταιgleans κ193Καλαμητομίηςstalk-cutting κ194Καλάμηstalk κ195Καλάμηstalk; stubble κ196Καλαμίνθηcalamint

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Mar 2019

21 Mar 2019tweaked link — Catharine Roth
23 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2008another x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καλάμη (Adler number kappa 194), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/194

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗