καλάϊνος

English (LSJ)

or καλλάϊνος, η, ον,

   A like the κάλαϊς, shifting between blue and green, κ. πτέρυξ, of the cock, AP7.428.2 (Mel.); Χρῶμα κ., of jasper, Dsc.5.142; = venetus, Lyd.Mens.4.30, Tab.Defix.Aud.15.5, 16.13 (Syria, iii A.D., written καλλαεινου and καλαεινου) ; κ. λίθος, = sq., Peripl.M.Rubr.39 (καλλεανός cod.); πλινθίς AP6.295.6 (Phan.).    II κ. κέραμος glazed pottery made at Alexandria, EM486.51, Suid.; κ. ὄστρακον Gal.12.866; τὰ καλάϊνα PSI4.396.9 (iii B.C.).