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calathus

[ kal-uh-thuhs ]

noun

plural calathi


calathus

/ ˈ°ìæ±ôəθə²õ /

noun

  1. a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of calathus1

< Latin < Greek °ìá±ô²¹³Ù³ó´Ç²õ
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of calathus1

C18: from Latin, from Greek kalathos
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And the eldest of the women was found wearing a golden ceremonial headdress, a calathus, engraved with floral ornaments — an indication of stature.

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The bare mention of such names as Nebria complanata and livida, Calathus mollis, Pogonus luridipennis, Trechus lapidosus, Aëpus marinus and Robinii, Cillenum laterale, Bembidium scutellare, ephippium and pallidipenne, Ochthebius marinus, Psylliodes marcida, Phaleria cadaverina, Helops testaceus, and Anthicus instabilis, so eminently characteristic as they are of briny situations, will at once appeal to our native entomologists; whilst the acknowledgement of the same principle is no less conspicuous in a host of other species which are not included in the British fauna.

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Furthermore, the botanical title, Caltha, of the Mare Blob, is got from calathus, a small round basket of twigs or osiers made two thousand years and more ago, which the concave golden bowl of the Marsh Marigold was thought to resemble.

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Persephone was collecting wild flowers in a Calathus when carried off by the admiring Pluto.

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Such as Callimachus the chiefe caruer to Calathus the sonne of Iupiter did neuer performe or come neere in the erected sepulcher of the Corinthian Virgin, beautified with draperie of double Achanthis.

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