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χέλυς .χέλυς, ῠος, ἡ, a tortoise, Lat. testudo:—then, since Hermes made the lyre by stretching strings on its shell, which acted as a sounding-board, χέλυς came to mean the lyre, Hhymn. (to Merc.), Eur. the arched breast, the chest, from its likeness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Eur.

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a tortoise

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Headword:

χέλυς

Headword (normalized):

χέλυς

Headword (normalized/stripped):

χελυς

IDX:

35653

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35693

Key:

xe/lus

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