reed
reed
subs.
Ar. and P. κά̆λᾰμος, ὁ, Ar. and V. δόναξ, ὁ (Aesch. Pers. 494), Ar. σχοῖνος, ὁ or ἡ.
Where are the streams of Eurotas fair with reeds: V. ἵνα ῥοαὶ τοῦ καλλιδόνακός εἰσιν Εὐρώτα (Eur. Hel. 492).
Made of reed, adj.: Ar. and V. σχοίνῐνος.
Pipe, flute: P. and V. αὐλός, ὁ, P. σῦριγξ, ἡ (Plat.). V. λωτός, ὁ.
Pen: P. κάλαμος, ὁ.
subs.
Ar. and P. κά̆λᾰμος, ὁ, Ar. and V. δόναξ, ὁ (Aesch. Pers. 494), Ar. σχοῖνος, ὁ or ἡ.
Where are the streams of Eurotas fair with reeds: V. ἵνα ῥοαὶ τοῦ καλλιδόνακός εἰσιν Εὐρώτα (Eur. Hel. 492).
Made of reed, adj.: Ar. and V. σχοίνῐνος.
Pipe, flute: P. and V. αὐλός, ὁ, P. σῦριγξ, ἡ (Plat.). V. λωτός, ὁ.
Pen: P. κάλαμος, ὁ.
REED
calamus (general term): arundo (long and strong): canna (small and thin; Vid: Col. 4 33).
calamus (general term): arundo (long and strong): canna (small and thin; Vid: Col. 4 33).
reed:
1. ărundo, ĭnis, f.: the Mincio fringes its banks with r.s, Mincius praetexit arundine ripas, Virg. E. 7, 12: Caes.: a r.-thicket, ărundĭnētum, Plin. 17, 20, 33: the Indian r. (bamboo), a. Indica, ib. 16, 36, 35 (q. v.): a slender r. (Pan-pipe), tenuis a., Virg. E. 6, 8.
2. călămus (κάλαμος; nearly always applied to objects made of r.): a r. fit for making arrows, c. sagittarius, Plin. 16, 36, 66, ad init.: a r. with very long joints, c. longissimis internodiis, id. ib.: of a r.-pipe: to run over the open r.s with curved lip, unco labro c. percurrere hiantes, Lucr. 4, 586.
3. canna (rare: acc. to Col. 7, 4, an inferior sort, thinner and shorter than arundo): the little r.s beneath the tall ones, longa parvae sub arundine c., Ov. M. 8, 337: the marsh r., c. palustris, id. ib. 4, 298: the quivering r., c. tremula, id. ib. 6, 326: of a r.-pipe, id. ib. 2, 682: a r.-thicket, cannētum, Pall. Febr. 23, init.
4. cannŭla (dimin. of preced.): App. M. 4, p. 145.
5. stĭpŭla (a stalk): like the joint of a r., stipulae internodio similis, Plin. 37, 10, 67: contemptuously, of a r.-pipe, Virg. E. 3, 27.
6. fistŭla (a pipe): a r., f., Plin. 12, 22, 48: a r.-pipe in which the row of r.s continually lessens, f., cui semper decrescit arundinis ordo, Tib. 2, 5, 31.
7. condy̆lus (κόνδυλος, fist; hence a joint in a r.): a flute made of a tiny r., parvi tibia condyli, Mart. 5, 78, 30.
8. pălus, ūdis, f. (a swamp; hence a r. growing in it): Mart. 14, 160.
9. expr. by various special words; as, phragmītes (a r. growing in hedges), Plin. 32, 10, 52; dŏnax (δόναξ), id. ib.; cf. id. 16, 36, 35. Phr.: a tall shaft of Indian r. (bamboo), hasta graminea, Cic. Verr. 4, 56, 125: similar to a r., arundinaceus, Plin. 18, 7, 10, extr.; arundineus, id. 24, 16, 93.
1. ărundo, ĭnis, f.: the Mincio fringes its banks with r.s, Mincius praetexit arundine ripas, Virg. E. 7, 12: Caes.: a r.-thicket, ărundĭnētum, Plin. 17, 20, 33: the Indian r. (bamboo), a. Indica, ib. 16, 36, 35 (q. v.): a slender r. (Pan-pipe), tenuis a., Virg. E. 6, 8.
2. călămus (κάλαμος; nearly always applied to objects made of r.): a r. fit for making arrows, c. sagittarius, Plin. 16, 36, 66, ad init.: a r. with very long joints, c. longissimis internodiis, id. ib.: of a r.-pipe: to run over the open r.s with curved lip, unco labro c. percurrere hiantes, Lucr. 4, 586.
3. canna (rare: acc. to Col. 7, 4, an inferior sort, thinner and shorter than arundo): the little r.s beneath the tall ones, longa parvae sub arundine c., Ov. M. 8, 337: the marsh r., c. palustris, id. ib. 4, 298: the quivering r., c. tremula, id. ib. 6, 326: of a r.-pipe, id. ib. 2, 682: a r.-thicket, cannētum, Pall. Febr. 23, init.
4. cannŭla (dimin. of preced.): App. M. 4, p. 145.
5. stĭpŭla (a stalk): like the joint of a r., stipulae internodio similis, Plin. 37, 10, 67: contemptuously, of a r.-pipe, Virg. E. 3, 27.
6. fistŭla (a pipe): a r., f., Plin. 12, 22, 48: a r.-pipe in which the row of r.s continually lessens, f., cui semper decrescit arundinis ordo, Tib. 2, 5, 31.
7. condy̆lus (κόνδυλος, fist; hence a joint in a r.): a flute made of a tiny r., parvi tibia condyli, Mart. 5, 78, 30.
8. pălus, ūdis, f. (a swamp; hence a r. growing in it): Mart. 14, 160.
9. expr. by various special words; as, phragmītes (a r. growing in hedges), Plin. 32, 10, 52; dŏnax (δόναξ), id. ib.; cf. id. 16, 36, 35. Phr.: a tall shaft of Indian r. (bamboo), hasta graminea, Cic. Verr. 4, 56, 125: similar to a r., arundinaceus, Plin. 18, 7, 10, extr.; arundineus, id. 24, 16, 93.
reed
Reeds
- grow tall beside Boeotian Asopus: Paus. 5.14.3
- in Acheron: Paus. 10.28.1