κάλυξ

κάλυξ [pron. full] [ᾰ], ῠκος, ἡ, also ὁ v.l. in Dsc.2.143: (perh. cogn. with καλύπτω):—

A covering, used only of flowers and fruits:

1 seed-vessel, husk, shell or pod, of the water-lily, Hdt.2.92; of rice, Id.3.100; of wheat, πρὶν ἂν ἐν τῇ κάλυκι γένηται [ἡ στάχυς] Thphr.HP8.2.4, cf. 8.4.3; κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι, i.e. when the fruit is setting, A.Ag. 1392, cf. S.OT25, Ar.Av.1065 (lyr.).

2 cup or calyx of a flower,

ἀνεμωνῶν κάλυξι . . ἠριναῖς Cratin.98

;

κισσοῖο καλύκεσσι Theoc.3.23

;

ὅσα ἐν κάλυκι ἀνθεῖ Arist.HA554a12

; [φύλλοις]

τοῖς τῶν ῥόδων ὅταν ἐν κάλυξιν ὦσι Thphr.HP4.10.3

; ῥόδου κ. ibid.; so in Poets, rosebud, h.Cer.427, AP12.8 ([place name] Strato), etc.: metaph.,

σταθερὰ . . κ. νεαρᾶς ἥβης Ar.Fr.467

.

II in pl., women's ornaments, perh. ear-rings shaped like flower cups, Il.18.401 (other expl. in Sch.), cf. h.Ven. 87.

III = ἄγχουσα, Dsc.4.23.