"κάλαμος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ká.la.mos/, /ˈka.la.mos/, /ˈka.la.mos/, /ká.la.mos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈka.la.mos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈka.la.mos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈka.la.mos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈka.la.mos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos via its zero-grade stem (such as genitive *ḱl̥h₂mós, with a shift in accent to *ḱĺ̥h₂mos), or (according to Beekes) independently thematicized from an original ablauting paradigm *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-. Cognates include Latin culmus, Russian соло́ма (solóma), Old Norse halmr and Old English healm (English haulm). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*ḱolh₂mos}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos, {{glossary|zero-grade}} zero-grade, {{m|ine-pro||*ḱl̥h₂mós}} *ḱl̥h₂mós, {{m|ine-pro||*ḱĺ̥h₂mos}} *ḱĺ̥h₂mos, {{m|ine-pro||*ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-}} *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-, {{cog|la|culmus}} Latin culmus, {{cog|ru|соло́ма}} Russian соло́ма (solóma), {{cog|non|halmr}} Old Norse halmr, {{cog|ang|healm}} Old English healm, {{cog|en|haulm}} English haulm Head templates: {{grc-noun|κᾰλᾰ́μου|m|second|head=κᾰ́λᾰμος}} κᾰ́λᾰμος • (kálamos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κᾰ́λᾰμος|ου}} Forms: κᾰ́λᾰμος [canonical], kálamos [romanization], κᾰλᾰ́μου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κᾰ́λᾰμος [nominative, singular], τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω [dual, nominative], οἱ κᾰ́λᾰμοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́μου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κᾰλᾰ́μων [genitive, plural], τῷ κᾰλᾰ́μῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́μοις [dative, plural], τὸν κᾰ́λᾰμον [accusative, singular], τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́μους [accusative, plural], κᾰ́λᾰμε [singular, vocative], κᾰλᾰ́μω [dual, vocative], κᾰ́λᾰμοι [plural, vocative]
  1. a reed
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-gBstzJD2
  2. anything made of reed or cane
    staff, rod
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-i7wHKkis Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11
  3. anything made of reed or cane
    measuring rod
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-NwjHiq89 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 15 28 15 15 15 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 15 26 15 15 15 11
  4. anything made of reed or cane
    pen
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-ThJFYpmJ Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11
  5. anything made of reed or cane
    flute
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-7HUFHnj- Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11
  6. anything made of reed or cane
    shaft of an arrow
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-4jYgVe~L Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11
  7. collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree Tags: collective, form-of Form of: plants, which are neither bush, nor tree
    Sense id: en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-OikK0GwL Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 7 13 21 13 24 13 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 7 13 21 13 23 13 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: καλάμη (kalámē) Derived forms: καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis), καλάμινος (kaláminos), καλάμιον (kalámion), καλαμοθήκη (kalamothḗkē), κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (kalamographíā), κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς (kalamís), κᾰλᾰμῐ́σκος (kalamískos)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalamágrōstis",
      "word": "καλαμάγρωστις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kaláminos",
      "word": "καλάμινος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalámion",
      "word": "καλάμιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalamothḗkē",
      "word": "καλαμοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalamographíā",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalamís",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalamískos",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμῐ́σκος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάλαμος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κάλαμος (kálamos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κάλαμος (kálamos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَلَم",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَلَم (qalam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَلَم (qalam) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "qalam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: qalam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: qalam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "կալամոն",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կալամոն (kalamon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: կալամոն (kalamon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קולמוס",
            "3": "קלמרין",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kulmus",
            "tr2": "kalmarin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קולמוס (kulmus), קלמרין (kalmarin)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קלמר",
            "tr": "kalmar"
          },
          "expansion": "קלמר (kalmar)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קולמוס (kulmus), קלמרין (kalmarin) (> קלמר (kalmar))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calamus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: calamus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: calamus (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कलम",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sanskrit: कलम (kalama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sanskrit: कलम (kalama)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱolh₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zero-grade"
      },
      "expansion": "zero-grade",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱl̥h₂mós"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱl̥h₂mós",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱĺ̥h₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱĺ̥h₂mos",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "culmus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin culmus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "соло́ма"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian соло́ма (solóma)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halmr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halmr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "healm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English healm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haulm"
      },
      "expansion": "English haulm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos via its zero-grade stem (such as genitive *ḱl̥h₂mós, with a shift in accent to *ḱĺ̥h₂mos), or (according to Beekes) independently thematicized from an original ablauting paradigm *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-. Cognates include Latin culmus, Russian соло́ма (solóma), Old Norse halmr and Old English healm (English haulm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kálamos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰλᾰ́μου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κᾰ́λᾰμος",
      "roman": "ho kálamos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "tṑ kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κᾰ́λᾰμοι",
      "roman": "hoi kálamoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́μου",
      "roman": "toû kalámou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kalámoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κᾰλᾰ́μων",
      "roman": "tôn kalámōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κᾰλᾰ́μῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kalámōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kalámoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́μοις",
      "roman": "toîs kalámois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κᾰ́λᾰμον",
      "roman": "tòn kálamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "tṑ kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́μους",
      "roman": "toùs kalámous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμε",
      "roman": "kálame",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμοι",
      "roman": "kálamoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κᾰλᾰ́μου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "κᾰ́λᾰμος"
      },
      "expansion": "κᾰ́λᾰμος • (kálamos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κᾰ́λᾰμος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a reed"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-gBstzJD2",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "staff, rod"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-i7wHKkis",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 15 28 15 15 15 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 15 26 15 15 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "measuring rod"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-NwjHiq89",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "pen"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-ThJFYpmJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "flute"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-7HUFHnj-",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "flute",
          "flute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "shaft of an arrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-4jYgVe~L",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 24 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 21 13 23 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "plants"
        },
        {
          "word": "which are neither bush"
        },
        {
          "word": "nor tree"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree"
      ],
      "id": "en-κάλαμος-grc-noun-OikK0GwL",
      "links": [
        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ká.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ká.la.mos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kalámē",
      "word": "καλάμη"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Reed pen"
  ],
  "word": "κάλαμος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kalamágrōstis",
      "word": "καλαμάγρωστις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaláminos",
      "word": "καλάμινος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalámion",
      "word": "καλάμιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalamothḗkē",
      "word": "καλαμοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalamographíā",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalamís",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalamískos",
      "word": "κᾰλᾰμῐ́σκος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάλαμος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κάλαμος (kálamos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κάλαμος (kálamos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَلَم",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَلَم (qalam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَلَم (qalam) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "qalam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: qalam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: qalam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "կալամոն",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կալամոն (kalamon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: կալամոն (kalamon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קולמוס",
            "3": "קלמרין",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kulmus",
            "tr2": "kalmarin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קולמוס (kulmus), קלמרין (kalmarin)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קלמר",
            "tr": "kalmar"
          },
          "expansion": "קלמר (kalmar)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קולמוס (kulmus), קלמרין (kalmarin) (> קלמר (kalmar))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calamus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: calamus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: calamus (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कलम",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sanskrit: कलम (kalama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sanskrit: कलम (kalama)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱolh₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zero-grade"
      },
      "expansion": "zero-grade",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱl̥h₂mós"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱl̥h₂mós",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱĺ̥h₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱĺ̥h₂mos",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "culmus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin culmus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "соло́ма"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian соло́ма (solóma)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halmr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halmr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "healm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English healm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haulm"
      },
      "expansion": "English haulm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos via its zero-grade stem (such as genitive *ḱl̥h₂mós, with a shift in accent to *ḱĺ̥h₂mos), or (according to Beekes) independently thematicized from an original ablauting paradigm *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-. Cognates include Latin culmus, Russian соло́ма (solóma), Old Norse halmr and Old English healm (English haulm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kálamos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰλᾰ́μου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κᾰ́λᾰμος",
      "roman": "ho kálamos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "tṑ kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κᾰ́λᾰμοι",
      "roman": "hoi kálamoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́μου",
      "roman": "toû kalámou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kalámoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κᾰλᾰ́μων",
      "roman": "tôn kalámōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κᾰλᾰ́μῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kalámōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́μοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kalámoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́μοις",
      "roman": "toîs kalámois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κᾰ́λᾰμον",
      "roman": "tòn kálamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "tṑ kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́μους",
      "roman": "toùs kalámous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμε",
      "roman": "kálame",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰλᾰ́μω",
      "roman": "kalámō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λᾰμοι",
      "roman": "kálamoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κᾰλᾰ́μου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "κᾰ́λᾰμος"
      },
      "expansion": "κᾰ́λᾰμος • (kálamos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κᾰ́λᾰμος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a reed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "staff, rod"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "measuring rod"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "pen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "flute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "flute",
          "flute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything made of reed or cane",
        "shaft of an arrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "plants"
        },
        {
          "word": "which are neither bush"
        },
        {
          "word": "nor tree"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ká.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ká.la.mos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.la.mos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kalámē",
      "word": "καλάμη"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Reed pen"
  ],
  "word": "κάλαμος"
}

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