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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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Full diacritics: κᾰλᾰμαῖος Medium diacritics: καλαμαῖος Low diacritics: καλαμαίος Capitals: ΚΑΛΑΜΑΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: kalamaîos Transliteration B: kalamaios Transliteration C: kalamaios Beta Code: kalamai=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον,

   A of or in the cornstalks (καλάμαι): κᾰλᾰμαία, ἡ, a kind of grasshopper, μάντις ἁ κ. Theoc.10.18, cf. Sch., Hsch.: κᾰλᾰμαῖον, τό, a small τέττιξ, Paus.Gr.Frr.87,401, Hsch. s.v. κερκώπη.    II Καλαμαῖα, τά, festival of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis, IG22.949.9 (ii B.C.).