κέλευθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, with poet.heterocl.pl. [[κέλευθα]]; poet. Noun (also Arc., <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).3.23 (Tegea, iv B.C.)), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[road]], [[path]], not common in lit. sense, πολλαὶ γὰρ ἀνὰ στρατόν εἰσι κέλευθοι <span class="bibl">Il.10.66</span>; Ἰσθμία κ. <span class="bibl">B.17.17</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κελεύθοις</b> in [[the streets]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>349</span> (lyr.); ἐγγὺς γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι <span class="bibl">Od.10.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Parm.1.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνέμων κέλευθα</b> or [[κέλευθοι]], <span class="bibl">Il. 14.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.383</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὑγρὰ, ἰχθυόεντα κ</b>., of the sea, <span class="bibl">3.71</span>, <span class="bibl">177</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς βαθεῖαν</b> (vel -είας) κ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.88</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρκτου στροφάδες κ</b>. [[paths]], [[orbits]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>131</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>343</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">θεῶν δ' ἀπόεικε κελεύθου</b> withdraw from the [[path]] of the gods, <span class="bibl">Il.3.406</span> (v.l. [[ἀπόειπε κελεύθους]]): metaph., <b class="b3">ἔργων κέλευθον ἂν καθαράν</b> on the open [[road]] of action, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>6.23</span>; στείχει δι' εὐρείας κ. μυρία παντᾷ φάτις <span class="bibl">B.8.47</span>; ἔστι μοι μυρία παντᾷ κ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.5.31</span>: <b class="b3">Πειθοῦς, Δίκας κ</b>., <span class="bibl">Parm.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">B.10.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[journey]], [[voyage]], by land or water, ὅς κέν τοι εἴπῃσιν ὁδὸν καὶ μέτρα κελεύθου <span class="bibl">Od.4.389</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἄν πω χάζοντο κελεύθου</b> would not have halted from [[their onward way]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.504</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.262</span>; <b class="b3">πολλὰ κ</b>. a far [[journey]], i.e. a great distance, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>164</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[expedition]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>127</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>758</span> (troch.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[way of going]], [[walk]], [[gait]], μιμήσομαι λύκου κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>212</span>; δι' ἀψόφου βαίνων κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>888</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., [[way]] of life, ἀργαλέας βιότοιο κ. <span class="bibl">Emp.115.8</span>; κ. ἁπλόαι ζωᾶς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.35</span>; τὰν ἀνόστιμον βίου κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>433</span> (lyr.).</span>