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1 κάλυξ
κάλυξ, -ῠκοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `cup, calyx of a flower, husk, shell, pod, rosebud', also metaph. for the ornament of a woman (Σ 401).Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in καλυκοστέφανος `crowned with buds' (B.).Derivatives: Dimin. καλύκιον (Dsc., H.); καλυκώδης `κ.-like' (Thphr.), καλύκειος λίθος name of a stone found in the fish called σάλπη (H.); also κάλυξις κόσμος τις ἐκ ῥόδων, καλύξεις ῥόδων καλύκια H., καλύκωσις `rosebud?' (Aq.), as if from *καλύσσω, or *καλυκόω; cf. the formations in Chantraine Formation 288 and καλυκίζειν ἀνθεῖν H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: On the ending - υξ cf. Chantraine 383. The word resembles Skt. (class.) kalikā `but', but it must prob. be kept separate, s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. Cf. κύλιξ, and σκαλλίον. Both root and suffix look Pre-Greek ( καλ-υκ-).Page in Frisk: 1,768Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κάλυξ
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