κάλυμμα

kalymma

head-covering, hood, veil

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book II 2
Chapter 13 504b13–505b4

505a2
505a7
Book V 1
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547b5
Book IX 3
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624b31
625a2
625b32
Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 719a30–719b28

719b1
Book V 1
Chapter 5 785a7–785b15

785a28

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάλυμμα [ᾰ], ατος, τό, (κᾰλύπτω) A. head-covering, hood, veil, κ. κυάνεον dark veil worn in mourning, Il. 24.93, h.Cer. 42; χρύσεον κ. B. 16.38; ὁ χρησμὸς οὐκέτʼ ἐκ καλυμμάτων ἔσται δεδορκὼς νεογάμου νύμφης δίκην A. Ag. 1178 (but metaph., δείξω τάδʼ ἐκ καλυμμάτων ‘I will lift the veil’, S. Tr. 1078); λεπτῶν ὄμμα διὰ καλυμμάτων ἔχουςʼ E. IT 372, cf.Ar. Lys. 532, Fr. 320.5, Dicaearch. 1.18; κάρα καλύμμασι κρυψάμενον S. Aj. 245 (lyr.); χαλᾶτε πᾶν κάλυμμʼ ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν Id. El. 1468; Μωυσῆς ἐτίθει κ. ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον 2 Ep.Cor. 3.13. 2. fishing-net shaped like a sack, Opp. H. 3.82; βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν, of the garment thrown by Clytaemnestra over her husband, A. Ch. 494. 3. skull (as the brainʼs covering), Nic. Th. 906. 4. grave, AP 7.227 (Diotim.). 5. in animals, the covering of the gills of fishes, Arist. HA 505a2; operculum of testaceans, ib.547b5; eyelid, Poll. 2.66. 6. covering of honeycomb, Arist. HA 624b31. 7. shell of fruit, Nic. Al. 269. 8. shutter, D.S. 20.91. 9. sheathing-planks for a roof, IG 22.1668.57; but, slabs for closing coffers, ib.4.1484.57 (Epid., iv B.C.), 11(2).144A 42 (Delos, iv B.C.). 10. perh. paving-slab, Milet. 7.60.53.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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