καλαμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰ́λᾰμος (kắlămos, “reed”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

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/

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Noun

κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς • (kălămĭ́s) 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 kălămĭ́s	τὼ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kălămĭ́de	αἱ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δες hai kălămĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δος tês kălămĭ́dos	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kălămĭ́doin	τῶν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δων tôn kălămĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δῐ têi kălămĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kălămĭ́doin	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐ / κᾰλᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs kălămĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn kălămĭ́dă	τὼ κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kălămĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kălămĭ́dăs
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς kălămĭ́s	κᾰλᾰμῐ́δε kălămĭ́de	κᾰλᾰμῐ́δες kălămĭ́des
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