κάλυξ

A. covering, used only of flowers and fruits:

1. seed-vessel, husk, shell or pod, of the water-lily, Hdt. 2.92; of rice, Id. 3.100; of wheat, πρὶν ἂν ἐν τῇ κάλυκι γένηται [ἡ στάχυς] Thphr. HP 8.2.4, cf. 8.4.3; κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι, i.e. when the fruit is setting, A. Ag. 1392, cf. S. OT 25, Ar. Av. 1065 (lyr.).

2. cup or calyx of a flower, ἀνεμωνῶν κάλυξι . . ἠριναῖς Cratin. 98; κισσοῖο καλύκεσσι Theoc. 3.23; ὅσα ἐν κάλυκι ἀνθεῖ Arist. HA 554a12; [φύλλοις] τοῖς τῶν ῥόδων ὅταν ἐν κάλυξιν ὦσι Thphr. HP 4.10.3; ῥόδου κ. ibid.; so in Poets, rosebud, h.Cer. 427, AP 12.8 (Strato), etc.: metaph., σταθερὰ . . κ. νεαρᾶς ἥβης Ar. Fr. 467.

II. in pl., women's ornaments, perh. ear-rings shaped like flower cups, Il. 18.401 (other expl. in Sch.), cf. h.Ven. 87.

III. = ἄγχουσα, Dsc. 4.23.