κελαινός
κελαινός,
ή,
όν,
A). black, dark, freq. in
Hom.,
αἷμα Il. 1.303 ,
Od. 16.441 ;
νύξ Il. 5.310 , etc.;
κῦμα 9.6 ;
λαῖλαψ 11.747 ;
χθών 16.384 ;
δέρμα 6.117 ;
ἦτορ Hes. Sc. 429 :
ὄμβρος Emp. 111.6 ;
κ. φῦλον a
swarthy race, of the Ethiopians,
A. Pr. 808 ;
Ἔπαφος ib.
851 ;
ξίφη, λόγχα,
S. Aj. 231 ,
Tr. 856 (both lyr.), cf.
E. Ba. 628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than
black with blood-stains); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world,
dark, murky,
A. Pr. 433 (lyr.);
Ἐρινύες Id. Ag. 462 (lyr.);
Στύξ Lyc. 706 ;
κ. θῖνα, of the bottom of the sea,
S. Ant. 590 (lyr.);
λύει κ. βλέφαρα suffers her eyes to close
in darkness, ib.
1302 :
great, mighty,
δίψα Lyc. 1425 . (Cf. Skt.
kala[ndot ]kas 'spot':
κηλίς may be cogn.)
ShortDef
black, swart, dark, murky
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κελαινός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κελαινος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-56455
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κελαινός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black, dark</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">αἷμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:303" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.303/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.303 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:441" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.441/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 16.441 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νύξ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.310/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.310 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">κῦμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.6/canonical-url/"> 9.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λαῖλαψ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:747" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.747/canonical-url/"> 11.747 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χθών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.384/canonical-url/"> 16.384 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δέρμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.117/canonical-url/"> 6.117 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἦτορ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 429 </a> : <span class="quote greek">ὄμβρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:111:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:111.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 111.6 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κ. φῦλον</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">swarthy</span> race, of the Ethiopians, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:808" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:808/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 808 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἔπαφος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:851" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:851/canonical-url/"> 851 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ξίφη, λόγχα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 231 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:856" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:856/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 856 </a> (both lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:628" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:628/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 628 </a> (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black with blood-stains</span>); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark, murky</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:433/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 433 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Ἐρινύες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 462 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Στύξ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 706 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">κ. θῖνα</span>, of the bottom of the sea, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:590" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:590/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 590 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">λύει κ. βλέφαρα</span> suffers her eyes to close <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in darkness</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1302/canonical-url/"> 1302 </a>: <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great, mighty</span>, <span class="quote greek">δίψα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 1425 </span> . (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kala[ndot ]kas</span> \'spot\': <span class="foreign greek">κηλίς</span> may be cogn.)</div> </div><br><br>'}