κελαινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, [[black]], [[dark]], freq. in Hom., αἷμα Il.1.303, Od.16.441; νύξ Il.5.310, etc.; κῦμα 9.6; λαῖλαψ 11.747; [[χθών]] 16.384; δέρμα 6.117; [[ἦτορ]] Hes.''Sc.''429: ὄμβρος Emp.111.6; κ. [[φῦλον]] a [[swarthy]] [[race]], of the [[Ethiopians]], A.''Pr.''808; [[Ἔπαφος]] ib.851; [[ξίφη]], [[λόγχα]], S.''Aj.''231, ''Tr.''856 (both lyr.), cf. E.''Ba.''628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than [[black with blood-stains]]); of things on which the sun does not shine, especially of the nether world, [[dark]], [[murky]], A.''Pr.''433 (lyr.); [[Ἐρινύες]] Id.''Ag.''462 (lyr.); Στύξ Lyc.706; κ. [[θῖνα]], of the bottom of the [[sea]], S.''Ant.''590 (lyr.); λύει κ. βλέφαρα [[suffer]]s her [[eye]]s to [[close]] in [[darkness]], ib.1302: [[great]], [[mighty]], [[δίψα]] Lyc.1425. (Cf. Skt. kalaṅkas 'spot': [[κηλίς]] may be cogn.)