καλάϊνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[καλλάϊνος]], η, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> like the [[κάλαϊς]], [[shift]]ing between [[blue]] and [[green]], <b class="b3">κ. πτέρυξ</b>, of the cock, <span class="title">AP</span>7.428.2 (Mel.); <b class="b3">Χρῶμα καλάϊνον</b>, of [[jasper]], Dsc.5.142; = [[venetus]], <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>4.30</span>, <span class="title">Tab.Defix.Aud.</span>15.5, 16.13 (Syria, iii A.D., written καλλαεινου and καλαεινου) <b class="b3">; καλάϊνος λίθος</b>, = [[κάλαϊς]] ([[precious]] [[stone]] of a [[gree]]nish [[blue]]), <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span>39 ([[καλλεανός]] cod.); [[πλινθίς]] <span class="title">AP</span>6.295.6 (Phan.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">καλάϊνος κέραμος</b> [[glazed]] [[pottery]] made at Alexandria, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>486.51</span>, Suid.; καλάϊνον ὄστρακον Gal.12.866; τὰ καλάϊνα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.396.9</span> (iii B.C.).</span>