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|elnltext=καλάϊνος en καλλάϊνος -η -ον blauwgroen.
|elnltext=καλάϊνος en καλλάϊνος -η -ον blauwgroen.
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|etymtx=καλλ-<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">blue-green, bluish</b>, of stones, earthenware etc. (PSI 4, 396, 9 [IIIa], Peripl. M. Rubr. 39 [cod. <b class="b3">καλλεανός</b>], AP, Dsc.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Adj. in <b class="b3">-ινος</b>, seemingly from <b class="b3">κάλλαις</b> <b class="b2">blue-green stone, turquoise</b> (Plin. NH 37, 151), but this could also be a backformation. Bezzenberger in Fick 2, 73 and Prellwitz 205: to [[κάλλαιον]] <b class="b2">cocks comb, the feathers of a cock</b> and [[καλαΐς]] [[hen]] (s. vv.).
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