κᾰλυπτ-ήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
covering, sheath, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ αἱμορροΐδων” 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νάρθηκας ἢ κ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 923b25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.6.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 cover, [[ LXX.Num.4.13 ] LXX]; lid, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.26: _metaphorically_, γῆ ᾅδου κ. 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 15. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 plural, tiles, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.463.71, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.92; κ. ἀνθεμωτοί “IG” 22.1627.306 (_sing._), “BCH” 35.76 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “IG” 7.3498.61 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], Demioprat. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.157. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 metaphorically, οἱ τῆς πόλιος κ. 'pillars of society', [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.31. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]