κληίς

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κληίς: ῖδος, ἡ, Ἰων. ἀντὶ κλείς, ― ὁ μόνος παρ’ Ὁμ. τύπος.

English (Autenrieth)

ῖδος (Att. κλείς): (1) bolt, bar (see cuts Nos. 29 and 35, both from Egyptian originals); cut No. 56, in four compartments, shows above the open, below the closed door: on the left as seen from within; on the right from without. c, g, f, mark the place of the key-hole, through which the thong (ἱμάς, Od. 1.442) ran, and the key was passed by which the bolt was first lifted (as is seen at g), ἀνέκοψεν, and then pushed back, ἀπῶσαν. The adjoining cut (No. 68), from a Greek sepulchral monument, as well as No. 29, presupposes double bolts, and above on the right we see the key as it is applied, and below on the other half of the door the loosened thong. These bolts of double doors are also called ἐπιβλής, ὀχῆες. κρυπτῇ, with hidden, concealed bolt.—(2) key, better described as hook, Il. 12.456. (See cut No. 56, f, g.）—(3) collar-bone.— (4) curved tongue of a buckle, Od. 18.294. (See cut No. 97.)—(5) pl., thole-pins, rowlocks, ἐπὶ κληῖσι, to which the oars were made fast by a thong, and round which they played, see cuts Nos. 120 and 32; for later, different arrangements, see cuts Nos. 38, 60, and the Assyrian war-ship, cut No. 37. ἐπὶ κληῖσι, translate, at the oars.