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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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|Transliteration C=kalais
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|Definition=or (in Plin. l.c.) κάλλαϊς, ιδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cock]], IG4.914.3 (Epid., v B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἱστίον]], Hsch.</span>
|Definition=or (in Plin. [[l.c.]]) κάλλαϊς, ιδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cock]], IG4.914.3 (Epid., v B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἱστίον]], Hsch.</span>
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Transliteration A: kálaïs Transliteration B: kalais Transliteration C: kalais Beta Code: ka/lai+s

English (LSJ)

or (in Plin. l.c.) κάλλαϊς, ιδος, ἡ, A precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise, Plin.HN37.151. II cock, IG4.914.3 (Epid., v B. C.). III = ἱστίον, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1306] ὁ, auch κάλλαϊς, ein blaugrünlicher oder meergrüner Edelstein, Plin. H. N. 37, 10, nach der vorigen Farbe benannt. – Nach Hesych. auch = ἱστίον.

French (Bailly abrégé)

(ὁ) :
turquoise.
Étymologie: DELG hapax singulier ; pê dérivé de la « crête de coq », cf. skr. usa-kala « coq ».

Greek Monolingual

η (Α κάλαϊς)
βλ. κάλλαϊς.

Greek Monotonic

κάλαϊς: ἡ, πολύτιμη λίθος πρασινο-μπλέ χρώματος (βλ. το προηγ.), τυρκουάζ ή χρυσόλιθος, σε Πλίν.