καλλαβίδας βαίνειν → step like a callabis-dancer (Eupolis, 5th cent. BCE comic playwright,
The Parasites fr. 163 Kock, quoted in Athenaeus below)
ὃς χαρίτων μὲν ὄζει,
καλλαβίδας δὲ βαίνει,
σησαμίδας δὲ χέζει,
μῆλα δὲ χρέμπτεται.
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He is all grace,
he steps like a callabis-dancer,
And breathes sesamides,
and smells of apples.
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Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book XIV.