κᾰλᾰμ-η, ἡ, (see. κάλαμος)
stalk, especially
the stalk or
straw of corn,
metaphorically in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], i.e. when there is much
straw and little harvest, much
slaughter and little profit, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. πυρῶν wheat-
straw, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; proverbial of a greedy farmer, πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
stubble, [
NT+4th c.BC+] thou mayst still, I ween, perceive
the stubble (i.e.
the residue) of former strength, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ῥήσου κ.
the remains of Rhesus, i.e. his
corpse, Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι to judge from
the remains, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3) κολχὶς κ, ={λίνον}, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) ={κάλαμος}, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]