κατακλείς
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
εῖδος, or κατάκλεις, ειδος, Ion. and Ep. κατακληΐς, ηῖδος, ἡ,
A instrument for shutting or fastening doors, distinguished from the bolt (μοχλός) and bolt-pin (βάλανος), Ar.V.154, IG11(2).158A 65 (Delos, iii B.C., pl.); αἱ κατακλεῖδες τῶν ἀξόνων linchpins, prob.l.in D.S.17.53.
2 pawl, check-hook, Ph.Bel.68.5, HeroBel.79.13.
3 κατακληΐς βελέμνων case for arrows, quiver, Call.Dian.82; cap or case fitted to an engine, Bito 59.3; also, socket for the arrow in the γαστραφέτης, Id.62.9.
4 pl., locks on a canal, PPetr.2p.43 (iii B.C.).
5 sheath for a pin, in plural, Sch.Od.18.294, Aristeas65, cf. Hsch. s.v. κληῖδα.
II = ἀκρώμιον, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.48.1, Sor.2.62, Gal.2.766.
2 first rib, Id.18(2).956.
3 clavicular region, Id.14.703, Hdn.4.13.5.
III final remark, conclusion, Cic.Att. 9.18.3, prob. l. in ib.2.3.3.
2 close of a verse or close of a set of verses, Heph.5.1, 6.6, Aristid.Quint.1.27, Sch.Ar.Ach.659.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1353] εῖδος, ἡ, 1) eine Art Schloß an den Thüren, καὶ τῆς κατακλεῖδος ἐπιμελοῦ καὶ τοῦ μοχλοῦ Ar. Vesp. 154; auch im plur., Poll. 10, 22. – Später auch an Kleidungsstücken, = κληΐς, Schol. Od. 18, 292. – 21 die Verbindung des Schlüsselbeines mit der Brust; Poll. 2, 133; Hdn. 4, 13, 12; Hesych. erkl. σφαγή, Kehle, durch ὁ κατὰ τὴν κατακλεῖδα τόπος. – 3) Klausel, in der Metrik, Schol. Ar. Ach. 659. – Übh. der Schluß, Cic. Attic. 2, 3. 9, 18.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εῖδος (ἡ) :
targette ou verrou.
Étymologie: κατά, κλείς.
Greek Monotonic
κατακλείς: -εῖδος, ἡ, εργαλείο για το κλείσιμο της πόρτας, κλειδί, σε Αριστοφ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κατακλείς: εῖδος ἡ
1 задвижка, засов Arph.;
2 чека (κατακλεῖδες τῶν ἀξόνων Diod. - v.l. κατακλίσεις);
3 стих. заключение (стиха), окончание (ἰαμβική).
Middle Liddell
κατα-κλείς, εῖδος, ἡ,
an instrument for fastening doors, a key, Ar.
