κᾰλᾰμ-η, ἡ, (v. κάλαμος)
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1. stalk, esp. the stalk or straw of corn, metaph. in Hom., αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ’ ὀλίγιστος, i.e. when there is much straw and little harvest, much slaughter and little profit, Il. 19.222; κ. πυρῶν wheat- straw, Hdt. 4.33; σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος X. An. 5.4.27; καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα.. ἀσταχύων Call. Cer. 20; prov. of a greedy farmer, πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, Lys. Fr. 77: pl., σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ. D.H. 5.13.
2. stubble, Arist. Mete. 341b27, PSI 4.380.6 (iii B.C.), [1Co 3:12], etc.: metaph., of an old man, καλάμην γέ σ’ ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν 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.); Ῥήσου κ. the remains of Rhesus, i.e. his corpse, Orac. ap. Polyaen. 6.53; ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι to judge from the remains, Luc. Alex. 5.
3. κολχὶς κ., = λίνον, Call. Fr. 265.
II = κάλαμος, Hld. 8.9.
καλάμη kalamē 1x
the stalk of grain, straw, stubble, [1Co 3:12]
G2562 — καλάμη
καλάμης, ἡ, a stalk of grain or of a reed, the stalk (left after the ears are cut off), stubble: [1Co 3:12]. ([Exo 5:12]; [Exo 15:7]; [Isa 17:6]; Homer and following.)
καλάμη , - ης , ἡ
( cf. κάλαμος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7179, [Exo 5:12], [Isa 5:24], al. ;]
a stalk of corn, stubble: [1Co 3:12]. †