καλαμίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰ́λᾰμος (kálamos, “reed”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.la.mís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis/
Noun
κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς • (kalamís) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος); third declension
- limed twig
- case for a writing-reed, pencase
- toothpick or toothbrush
- quill used as splint for broken noses
- (in the plural) reeds put in layers to strengthen buildings
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς hē kalamís | τὼ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kalamíde | αἱ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δες hai kalamídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος tês kalamídos | τοῖν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kalamídoin | τῶν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δων tôn kalamídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δῐ têi kalamídi | κᾰλᾰμῐ́δοιν kalamídoin | ταῖς κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐ / κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs kalamísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn kalamída | κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε kalamíde | τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kalamídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς kalamís | κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε kalamíde | κᾰλᾰμῐ́δες kalamídes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- καλαμίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καλαμίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καλαμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette