Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάλαϊς(Ancient Greek)
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Latinized form of Greek Κάλαϊς
(Kalais), which meant "turquoise" or "chrysolite" (being the name of "a precious stone of a greenish blue"). In Greek myth Calais and his twin brother
Zetes, together known as the Boreads (being sons of
Boreas, god of the north wind), were Argonauts.