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
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...coluthequam appara, bene ut in scutris concaleat, et calamum inice. iam pol ille hic aderit, credo, congerro meus..."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..."
