κάλυμμα [ᾰ], ατος, τό, (κᾰλύπτω)
head-covering, hood, veil, κ. κυάνεον dark
veil worn in mourning, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Χρύσεον κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] 'I will lift the
veil', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτῶν ὄμμα διὰ καλυμμάτων ἔχους᾽ [
NT+5th c.BC+]
2)
fishing-net shaped like a sack, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν, of the garment thrown by Clytaemnestra over her husband, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
skull (as the brain's covering), [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4)
grave, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5) in animals,
the covering of the gills of fishes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
operculum of testaceans, [
Refs];
eyelid, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6)
covering of honeycomb, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
7)
shell of fruit, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
8)
shutter, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
9)
sheathing-planks for a roof, [
Refs]; but,
slabs for closing coffers, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
10) perhaps
paving-slab, [
Refs]