κῆλον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A shaft of an arrow, arrow, only pl., κῆλα θεοῖο the shafts of Apollo, as the cause of sudden death, Il.1.53, 383; πιφαυσκόμενος τὰ ἃ κῆλα, of Zeus during a snowstorm, 12.280; στεροπὴν καὶ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, κῆλα Διός Hes.Th.708: metaph., [φόρμιγγος] κῆλα καὶ δαιμόνων θέλγει φρένας Pi.P.1.12; φρικώδεα κῆλα πίφαυσκον Orph. A.10:—also κήλεα νηῶν, = κᾶλα, ships' timbers, Hes.Fr.206 (s.v.l.).