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κελαινός

κελαινός, black, swart, dark, murky

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κελαιναὶ feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of κελαινός

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κελαινός, ή, όν,
  • 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. kalaṅkas ‘spotʼ: κηλίς may be cogn.)

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