κάλαϊς
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
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 ».
