A.reed used for thatching houses, described as λαχνήεις, Il.24.451 : distd. fr. κάλαμος, etc., Arist.Fr.268.
II. = ὀροφή, roof, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140, A.Supp.650 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.229, Th. 1.134, Pl.R.417a, etc.: pl., ὀρόφους Φοίβου, i.e. his temple, E.Ion89 (anap.).
2. cover of a wagon, Paus.1.19.1.