calamum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calamus, calami:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reed, cane; reed pen; reed/pan pipe; arrow; fishing pole; stalk; sweet flag;; branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...coluthequam appara, bene ut in scutris concaleat, et calamum inice. iam pol ille hic aderit, credo, congerro meus..." - D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...clude et positos tinea pertunde libellos. frange miser calamum uigilataque proelia dele, qui facis in parua sublimia carmina..."