κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ,
reed, used for thatching or wattling, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76; for wreaths, κ. λευκός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006 (_anapaest meter_); for bedding, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16; for fuel, “PCair.Zen.” 85 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4, 9.7.1, “Od.” 33, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.18] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1, 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, [[[prev. work] 13 ] Refs]; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, [[[prev. passage], 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.92, “PLond.” 2.191.11 (2nd c.AD), “Geoponica” 2.6.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, [[ 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.414] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, [[[prev. passage] ] Refs]
__II applied to various uses,
__II.1 reed-pipe, flute, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).84, “N.” 5.38, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 702 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1126 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]