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Κάλυκας · calyxes (κ 267) · Suda

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Near κ267

κ263to trot
κ264pitcher
κ265beautiful [youths]
κ266Kalydon, Calydon
κ267calyxes
κ268kalymnos, calymnus
κ269cleaning
κ270brooms
κ271calyx, rosebud

Suda/Κ kappa/κ267

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Κάλυκας

calyxes

Translated by Ryan Stone8 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

botany
clothing
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
trade and manufacture
+1
- women

1 note · 4 words

Translation

[Meaning] casia-quills.¹
Closed/concealed roses.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κάλυκας· σύριγγας. ῥόδα κεκαλυμμένα.

Betacode

*ka/lukas: su/riggas. r(o/da kekalumme/na.

Notes (1)

[1] Likewise in Photius and other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.401, from where this accusative plural is quoted. It refers there to women's ornaments, perhaps earrings.
2cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 295.28; and see also kappa 271.

Linked from1 entry

κ271Κάλυξcalyx, rosebud[Meaning the] closed bloom of a rose.

Neighbouring entries

κ265Καλοίbeautiful [youths]κ266ΚαλυδῶνοςKalydon, Calydon κ267Κάλυκαςcalyxes κ268Κάλυμνοςkalymnos, calymnus κ269Καλλύνωνcleaning

Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Jan 2013

25 Jan 2013augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2008augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2008tweaked notes, set status — Catharine Roth
8 Mar 2008Translated — Ryan Stone

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κάλυκας (Adler number kappa 267), trans. Ryan Stone, 8 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/267

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