κήλη
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
Att.κάλη [prob.ᾱ], ἡ,
A tumour; esp. rupture, hernia, Hp.Aër. 7 (pl.), AP6.166 (Lucill.), 11.342. 2 hump on a buffalo's back, Arist.HA606a16, in acc. pl. κάλας (v.l. χαίτας); in human beings, Eup.276.1, Gal.7.729, Artem.3.45; καλήτης καὶ κάλη Ἀττικοί... κηλήτης καὶ κήλη Ἴωνες Phryn.PSp.81 B. (Cf. ONorse haull, OSlav. kyla, both = hernia.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1431] ἡ, att. κάλη, Geschwulst, bes. Bruch; die besondere Art derselben wird von den Aerzten durch Composita angegeben, ἐντεροκήλη, ἐπιπλοκήλη u. ä., Medic.; vgl. B. A. 47, 21.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κήλη: Ἀττ. κάλη ᾱ, ἡ, οἴδημα, ὄγκωμα, ἰδίως «σπάσιμον», «καταίβασμα», Λατ. hernia, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 284, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 166., 11. 342, 404. 2) ὕβος ἐπὶ τῶν νώτων τοῦ βουβάλου gibber in dorso (Plin. 8. 70), Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 28, 5, ἔνθα νῦν ἐκ πολλῶν Ἀντιγράφ. διωρθώθη εἰς κάλας ἀντὶ χαίτας· πρβλ. Φρύνιχ. ἐν Α. Β. 47, «καλήτης καὶ κάλη Ἀττικοί…, κηλήτης καὶ κήλη Ἴωνες». (Ἐντεῦθεν, βουβωνοκήλη, βρογχοκήλη, ὑδροκήλη).
