A.head-covering, hood, veil, κ. κυάνεον dark veil worn in mourning, Il.24.93, h.Cer.42; Χρύσεον κ. B. 16.38; “ὁ Χρησμὸς οὐκέτ᾽ ἐκ καλυμμάτων ἔσται δεδορκὼς νεογάμου νύμφης δίκην” A.Ag.1178 (but metaph., δείξω τάδ᾽ ἐκ καλυμμάτων 'I will lift the veil', S.Tr.1078); λεπτῶν ὄμμα διὰ καλυμμάτων ἔχους' E.IT 372, cf.Ar.Lys.532, Fr.320.5, Dicaearch.1.18; “κάρα καλύμμασι κρυψάμενον” S.Aj.245 (lyr.); “Χαλᾶτε πᾶν κάλυμμ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν” Id.El.1468; “Μωυσῆς ἐτίθει κ. ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον” 2 Ep.Cor.3.13.
2. fishing-net shaped like a sack, Opp.H.3.82; βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν, of the garment thrown by Clytaemnestra over her husband, A.Ch. 494.
3. skull (as the brain's covering), Nic.Th.906.
4. grave, AP7.227 (Diotim.).
5. in animals, the covering of the gills of fishes, Arist.HA505a2; operculum of testaceans, ib.547b5; eyelid, Poll.2.66.
6. covering of honeycomb, Arist.HA624b31.
7. shell of fruit, Nic.Al.269.
8. shutter, D.S.20.91.
9. sheathing-planks for a roof, IG22.1668.57; but, slabs for closing coffers, ib.4.1484.57 (Epid., iv B.C.), 11(2).144A42 (Delos, iv B.C.).
10. perh. paving-slab, Milet.7.60.53.