καλαμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰ́λᾰμος (kálamos, “reed”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mís/ → /ka.laˈmis/ → /ka.laˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς • (kalamís) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος); third declension

1. limed twig
2. case for a writing-reed, pencase
3. toothpick or toothbrush
4. quill used as splint for broken noses
5. (in the plural) reeds put in layers to strengthen buildings

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kalamídoin	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐ / κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs kalamísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn kalamída	τὼ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kalamíde	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kalamídas
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς kalamís	κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε kalamíde	κᾰλᾰμῐ́δες kalamídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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