κάλυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ῠκος, ἡ, also ὁ [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Dsc.2.143: (perh. cogn. with [[καλύπτω]]):— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[covering]], used only of flowers and fruits: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">seed-vessel, husk, shell</b> or [[pod]], of the water-lily, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>; of rice, <span class="bibl">Id.3.100</span>; of wheat, <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν ἐν τῇ κάλυκι γένηται</b> [<b class="b3">ἡ στάχυς</b>] <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.2.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι</b>, i.e. when the fruit is setting, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1392</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1065</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cup]] or [[calyx of a flower]], ἀνεμωνῶν κάλυξι… ἠριναῖς <span class="bibl">Cratin.98</span>; κισσοῖο καλύκεσσι <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.23</span>; ὅσα ἐν κάλυκι ἀνθεῖ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>554a12</span>; ([[φύλλοις]]) τοῖς τῶν ῥόδων ὅταν ἐν κάλυξιν ὦσι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.10.3</span>; <b class="b3">ῥόδου κ</b>. ibid.; so in Poets, [[rosebud]], h.Cer.427, <span class="title">AP</span>12.8 (Strato), etc.: metaph., σταθερὰ… κ. νεαρᾶς ἥβης <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>467</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in pl., [[women's ornaments]], perh. <b class="b2">ear-rings shaped like flower cups</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.401</span> (other expl. in Sch.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span> 87</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἄγχουσα]], Dsc.4.23.</span>