Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Calamus

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. 

CAL'AMUS (κάλαμος). Literally the haulm or stalk of any tall plant, but more especially of the reed or cane; whence it applied in the same way as the word ARUNDO, and to designate a similar class of objects; as

1. An arrow. Hor. Od. i. 15. 17. ARUNDO 2.

2. Pan's pipes. Virg. Ecl. ii. 33. ARUNDO 6.

3. A fishing-rod. Mart. according to Riddle, s. v. ARUNDO 3.

4. A fowler's lime-tipped rod. Mart. Ep. xiv. 218. ARUNDO 4.

5. A writing-reed. Cic. Att. vi. 8. Hor. A. P. 447. ARUNDO 5.

6. Also a tall reed or cane, set up as a sign-post in the sandy deserts of Egypt. Plin. H. N. vi. 33.