καλαμίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, (κάλαμος)

   A limed twig, acc. -ῖδα (perh. metri gr.) AP10.11 (Satyr.).    2 case for a writing-reed, pen-case, Poll.10.59, Hsch.; pen(?), Phld.Po.2.41.    3 toothpick or toothbrush, Dsc.1.70; = κάλαμος 11.7, Id.Eup.1.60, Paul.Aeg.6.24; also of quills used as splints for broken noses, ib.91.    4 = κάλαμος 11.8, Poll.5.96, Hsch.    5 pl., καλαμίδες (sic AB269), αἱ, reeds put in layers to strengthen buildings, IG11(2).144A61, 62 (Delos, iv B.C.), Inscr.Délos 366 A 36 (iii B.C.), IG22.1672.64, cf. ABl.c.; also, bundles, ibid.    6 at Cerynea, = καλαμαία, Hsch.