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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=κᾰλᾰμη
|Medium diacritics=καλάμη
|Low diacritics=καλάμη
|Capitals=ΚΑΛΑΜΗ
|Transliteration A=kalámē
|Transliteration B=kalamē
|Transliteration C=kalami
|Beta Code=kala/mh
|Definition=ἡ, (v. <b class="b3">κάλαμος</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">stalk</b>, esp. <b class="b2">the stalk</b> or <b class="b2">straw of corn</b>, metaph. in Hom., <b class="b3">αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ' ὀλίγιστος</b>, i.e. when there is much <b class="b2">straw</b> and little harvest, much <b class="b2">slaughter</b> and little profit, <span class="bibl">Il.19.222</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πυρῶν</b> wheat-<b class="b2">straw</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.33</span>; σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.27</span>; καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα . . ἀσταχύων <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Cer.</span>20</span>; prov. of a greedy farmer, <b class="b3">πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν</b> to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>77</span>: pl., <b class="b3">σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.H.5.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">stubble</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>341b27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.380.6</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>3.12</span>, etc.: metaph., of an old man, <b class="b3">καλάμην γέ σ' ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν</b> thou mayst still, I ween, perceive <b class="b2">the stubble</b> (i.e. <b class="b2">the residue</b>) of former strength, <span class="bibl">Od.14.214</span>; τὸ γῆρας καλάμη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1410b14</span>; τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος <span class="title">AP</span>11.36 (Phil.); <b class="b3">Ῥήσου κ</b>. <b class="b2">the remains</b> of Rhesus, i.e. his <b class="b2">corpse</b>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Polyaen.6.53</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι</b> to judge from <b class="b2">the remains</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κολχὶς κ</b>., = [[λίνον]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>265</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κάλαμος]], <span class="bibl">Hld.8.9</span>.</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1306.png Seite 1306]] ἡ, Halm, bes. Rohr oder Getreidehalm; σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀπόκειται ὁ [[σῖτος]] Xen. An. 5, 4, 27; [[σῖτον]] τόν τ' ἐπὶ ταῖς καλάμαις καὶ τὸν [[ἤδη]] κατειργασμένον D. Hal. 5, 13; καλάμην τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα ἀσταχύων Callim. Cer. 20; sprichwörtlich ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν, Lys. bei Suid., das Land dadurch, daß man immerfort Getreide säet, erschöpfen, so daß es nur Halme ohne Körner trägt. – Uebertr., φυλόπιδος, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην χθονὶ χαλκὸς ἔχευεν Il. 19, 222, wie im Orak. bei Polyaen. 6, 53. – Die bei der Ernte stehen bleibenden Halme, Stoppeln, Arist. meteor. 1, 4; übertr., ἀλλ' [[ἔμπης]] καλάμην γέ σ' ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν Od. 14, 214, ich glaube, du wirst noch die Stoppeln, die Ueberbleibsel früherer Kraft, erkennen an dem altersschwachen Leibe; Arist. rhet. 3, 10 sagt [[γῆρας]] καλάμην εἶπεν, [[ἄμφω]] γὰρ ἀπηνθηκότα; Luc. Alex. 5 [[μειράκιον]] ἔτι ὢν [[πάνυ]] ὡραῖον, ὡς ἐνῆν ἀπὸ τῆς καλάμης τεκμαίρεσθαι; Philip. 3 (XI, 36) τὴν καλάμην δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ [[θέρος]], die Stoppeln des Alters, der Jugend, [[θέρος]], entggstzt; Ῥήσου κ., d. i. sein Leichnam, Or. Polyaen. 6, 53. – Callim. bei Schol. Pind. P. 4, 376, = [[λινοκαλάμη]].
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{{bailly
|btext=ης (ἡ) :<br /><b>1</b> tige de blé, de roseau;<br /><b>2</b> chaume qui reste après la moisson ; <i>fig.</i> herbe desséchée, restes flétris ; καλάμην γέ σ’ [[οἴομαι]] εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν OD je pense qu’en voyant le chaume tu peux te représenter (ce qu’a été l’épi), <i>càd</i> en me voyant, vieillard, te représenter (ce que j’ai été jeune) ; ἀπὸ τῆς καλάμης τεκμαίρεσθαι LUC juger d’après les restes.<br />'''Étymologie:''' cf. [[κάλαμος]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=(cf. [[κάλαμος]], calamus): [[reed]], [[stalk]], Il. 19.222 ([[straw]] as opp. to [[kernel]]); [[fig]]., as [[relic]] of [[former]] [[bloom]], ‘by looking on the [[poor]] [[husk]] [[that]] [[remains]] I [[fancy]] thou canst [[perceive]]’ [[what]] I [[once]] [[was]], Od. 14.214.
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=[[feminine]] of [[κάλαμος]]; a [[stalk]] of [[grain]], i.e. ([[collectively]]) [[stubble]]: [[stubble]].
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{{Thayer
|txtha=καλάμης, ἡ, a [[stalk]] of [[grain]] or of a [[reed]], the [[stalk]] ([[left]] [[after]] the ears are [[cut]] [[off]]), [[stubble]]: [[Homer]] and [[following]].) 
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