κλῆμα, ατος, τό,
Aeolic dialect κλᾶμμα (which see), twig or branch, especially vinetwig, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1031, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.50, 6.3.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.5.5, “CP” 3.14.6, +others; ἀμπέλου κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b8: _metaphorically_, ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κ. τὰ τοῦ δήμου D.cited in Aeschin. 3.166 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 148. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Latin vitis, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II ={πιτυοῦσσα}, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.165] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={πολύγονον}, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 27.113. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III ={ὑπόδημα}, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare κλείματα.