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|Definition=ἡ, (v. [[κάλαμος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stalk]], esp. [[the stalk]] or [[straw of corn]], metaph. in Hom., <b class="b3">αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ' ὀλίγιστος</b>, i.e. when there is much [[straw]] and little harvest, much [[slaughter]] and little profit, Il.19.222; <b class="b3">κ. πυρῶν</b> wheat-[[straw]], Hdt.4.33; σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος X.''An.''5.4.27; καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα… ἀσταχύων Call.''Cer.''20; [[proverb|prov.]] of a greedy farmer, <b class="b3">πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν</b> to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, Lys.''Fr.''77: pl., <b class="b3">σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ.</b> D.H.5.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stubble]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''341b27, ''PSI''4.380.6 (iii B.C.), ''1 Ep.Cor.''3.12, etc.: metaph., of an old man, <b class="b3">καλάμην γέ σ' ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν</b> thou mayst still, I ween, perceive [[the stubble]] (i.e. [[the residue]]) of former strength, Od.14.214; τὸ γῆρας καλάμη Arist.''Rh.''1410b14; τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος ''AP''11.36 (Phil.); <b class="b3">Ῥήσου κ.</b> [[the remains]] of Rhesus, i.e. his [[corpse]], Orac. ap. Polyaen.6.53; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι</b> to judge from [[the remains]], Luc.''Alex.''5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κολχὶς κ.</b>, = [[λίνον]], Call.''Fr.''265.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[κάλαμος]], Hld.8.9.