ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair
Ar. and P. κάλαμος, ὁ (Plato), P. καλάμη, ἡ (Xen.).
bed of straw: P. and V. στιβάς, ἡ.
See spread.