κλείς
κλείς
κλείς, ίδος
κλείω
that which serves for closing:
a bar or bolt, drawn or undrawn by a latch or thong (ἱμάς) , Hom.
a key, or rather a kind of catch or hook, by which the bar (ὀχεύς) was shot or unshot from the outside, Hom.
a key (unknown to Hom.), Aesch., Eur.
metaph., Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων κλαῖδας ἔχοισα Pind.; κλῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκε, of enforced silence, Soph.; so, καθαρὰν ἀνοῖξαι κλῇδα φρενῶν Eur.
the hook or tongue of a clasp, Od.
the collar-bone, so called because it locks the neck and breast together Il., Soph., etc.
a rowing bench, which locked the sides of the ship together, Od.
a narrow pass, "the key" of a country, Hdt.; a strait, Eur.
Headword (normalized):
κλείς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κλεις
Intro Text:
κλείς
κλείς, ίδος
κλείω
that which serves for closing:
a bar or bolt, drawn or undrawn by a latch or thong (ἱμάς) , Hom.
a key, or rather a kind of catch or hook, by which the bar (ὀχεύς) was shot or unshot from the outside, Hom.
a key (unknown to Hom.), Aesch., Eur.
metaph., Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων κλαῖδας ἔχοισα Pind.; κλῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκε, of enforced silence, Soph.; so, καθαρὰν ἀνοῖξαι κλῇδα φρενῶν Eur.
the hook or tongue of a clasp, Od.
the collar-bone, so called because it locks the neck and breast together Il., Soph., etc.
a rowing bench, which locked the sides of the ship together, Od.
a narrow pass, "the key" of a country, Hdt.; a strait, Eur.
URN:
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