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{{also|Calamus}}
==English==
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[[Image:Acorus_calamus1.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''[[Acorus calamus]]'']]
{{wikispecies|Acorus calamus}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|calamus||reed, cane}}, from {{der|en|grc|κάλαμος}}. {{doublet|en|shawm}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-|+|calami}}

# The [[sweet flag]], ''[[Acorus calamus]]''.
#* Song of Solomon 4:12-14, KJV
#*: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; '''calamus''' and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices
# {{lb|en|ornithology}} A [[quill]]; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or [[scape]] of a feather.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1956 |title=The Utilization of Chicken Feathers as Filling Materials |author=Advisory Board on Quartermaster Research and Development|page=9 |ISBN=|passage=Thus, the four distinct feather parts that have been compared as to amino acid content to note whether or not the composition is uniform are rachis, barbs, '''calamus''' and medulla.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=The epidermis and feather follicles of the king penguin (''Aptenodytes patagonica'') (aves)| author=RIC Spearman| journal=Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere| year=1969| passage=In follicles late in feather growth, after rupture of the feather sheath, this canal contained the upper part of the '''calamus'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Structural and functional adaptation to display in the Standard‐winged nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis| author=CH Fry| journal=Journal of Zoology| year=1969| passage=Chapin asserted that the '''calamus''' is firmly fixed in the wing}}
# {{lb|en|Christianity|historical}} {{synonym of|en|fistula||tube for sucking Eucharist wine}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|sweet flag}}

{{trans-see|quill}}

{{trans-see|fistula}}

===References===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

[[Category:en:Water plants]]

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==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|grc|κάλαμος}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|calamus<2>}}

# a [[reed]], [[cane]]
# {{lb|la|by extension}} an object made from a reed, such as a [[pen]], [[arrow]], or [[fishing rod]]
#* Motto of [[w:Keio University|Keio University]]:
#*: '''''Calamus''' gladio fortior''
#*:: '''The pen''' is mightier than the sword.
# {{lb|la|of plants}} a [[stalk]], [[straw]], [[blade]]
# the [[hollow]] arm of a [[candelabrum]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|calamus<2>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|calamārius}}
* {{l|la|calamister}}

====Descendants====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|sq|kallam}}
* {{desc|en|calamus}}
* {{desc|fr|calame}}, {{l|fr|chaume}}, {{l|fr|chalumeau}}
* {{desc|gl|cálamo}}
{{mid2}}
* {{desc|it|calamo}}
* {{desc|ro|carâmb}}
* {{desc|es|cálamo}}, {{l|es|carámbano}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:Peck}}
* {{R:Smith's Antiquities}}

[[Category:la:Grasses]]