Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Calamarius

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CALAMA'RIUS. Theca calamaria (καλαμίς). A pen-holder, or case for carrying writing reeds. (Suet. Claud. 35. Mart. Tit. in Ep. xiv. 19.) It is probable that these cases also contained an ink-bottle, like those now used by our school-boys; whence the same word calamajo, in the common language of Italy, means an "ink-stand."