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κάλος (kalos) rope ^TEGMC

κάλος [ᾰ], ὁ,

genitive κάλω, accusative κάλων: Epic dialect and Ionic dialect κάλος, ου, ὁ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have nominative dual κάλω [κάλος [prev. work]22.1610.13, 1611.57, 1612.68: as \_nominative\_ \_sing.\_ (?) [prev. work]1673.18;">Refs] late Epic dialect nominative plural κάλωες [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—reefing rope, reef, [Refs 8th c.BC+], cf. Aen.Tact.[same place]; κάλος ἐξῑέναι let out the reefs, i.e. set sail, ὅταν στράτευμ᾽ Αργεῖον ἐξιῇ κάλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐχθροὶ γὰρ ἐξιᾶσι πάντα δὴ κάλων are letting out every reef, i.e. using every effort, [κάλος ἔκλυε καὶ Χάλα πόδα 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 10.5; πάνγας ἔσεισε κάλους “Anthologia Graeca” 9.545 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόνιον ἐξίει κάλων let murder loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II generally, rope, line, κάλον (variant{-ων}) κατεῖναι let down a sounding-line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ κάλω παραπλεῖν to be towed along shore, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρυμνήτης κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν κ. βαίνοντες tight-rope walkers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]