κάλυξ [ᾰ],ῠκος,ἡ, alsoὁ v.l. in
Dsc. 2.143 : (perh. cogn. withκαλύπτω):—
A. covering, used only of flowers and fruits:
1. seed-vessel, husk, shellorpod, of the water-lily, Hdt. 2.92 ; of rice, Id. 3.100 ; of wheat,πρὶν ἂν ἐν τῇ κάλυκι γένηται[ἡ στάχυς] Thphr. HP 8.2.4 , cf. 8.4.3 ;κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι, i.e. when the fruit is setting, A. Ag. 1392 , cf. S. OT 25 , Ar. Av. 1065 (lyr.).
2. cuporcalyx of a flower, ἀνεμωνῶν κάλυξι . . ἠριναῖς
Cratin. 98
; κισσοῖο καλύκεσσι
Theoc. 3.23
; ὅσα ἐν κάλυκι ἀνθεῖ
Arist. HA 554a12
; [φύλλοις] τοῖς τῶν ῥόδων ὅταν ἐν κάλυξιν ὦσι
Thphr. HP 4.10.3
;ῥόδου κ. ibid.; so in Poets,rosebud,
h.Cer. 427 , AP 12.8 (Strato), etc.: metaph., σταθερὰ . . κ. νεαρᾶς ἥβης