καλάϊνος

A. like the κάλαϊς, shifting between blue and green, κ. πτέρυξ, of the cock, AP 7.428.2 (Mel.); Χρῶμα κ., of jasper, Dsc. 5.142; = venetus, Lyd. Mens. 4.30, Tab.Defix.Aud. 15.5, 16.13 (Syria, iii A.D., written καλλαεινου and καλαεινου); κ. λίθος, = sq., Peripl.M.Rubr. 39 (καλλεανός cod.); πλινθίς AP 6.295.6 (Phan.).

II. κ. κέραμος glazed pottery made at Alexandria, EM 486.51, Suid.; κ. ὄστρακον Gal. 12.866; τὰ καλάϊνα PSI 4.396.9 (iii B.C.).