καλάμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Variant of κάλαμος (kálamos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂-m-.
Or from Pre-Greek. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lá.mɛː/ → /kaˈla.mi/ → /kaˈla.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lá.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.mi/

Noun

κᾰλᾰ́μη • (kalámē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰ́μης); first declension

1. reed, stalk
2. stubble (remaining stalks in a field)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰ́μη; τῆς κᾰλᾰ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰ́μη hē kalámē	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ kalámā	αἱ κᾰλᾰ́μαι hai kalámai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰ́μης tês kalámēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn kalámain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμῶν tôn kalamôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰ́μῃ têi kalámēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn kalámain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰ́μαις taîs kalámais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰ́μην tḕn kalámēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ kalámā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰ́μᾱς tā̀s kalámās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰ́μη kalámē	κᾰλᾰ́μᾱ kalámā	κᾰλᾰ́μαι kalámai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• κάλαμος (kálamos)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάλαμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 621–622
• “καλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καλάμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καλάμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καλάμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2562 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blade idem, page 81.
  • stalk idem, page 809.
  • straw idem, page 823.
  • stubble idem, page 828.