κελαινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κελαινή, κελαινόν, [[black]], [[dark]], freq. in Hom., [[αἷμα]] Il.1.303, Od.16.441; [[νύξ]] Il.5.310, etc.; κῦμα 9.6; [[λαῖλαψ]] II.747; [[χθών]] 16.384; [[δέρμα]] 6.117; [[ἦτορ]] Hes.''Sc.''429: [[ὄμβρος]] Emp.111.6; κ. [[φῦλον]] a [[swarthy]] [[race]], of the [[Ethiopian]]s, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''808; [[Ἔπαφος]] ib.851; [[ξίφη]], [[λόγχα]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''231, ''Tr.''856 (both lyr.), cf. E.''Ba.''628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than [[black]] with [[blood-stain]]s); of things on which the sun does not shine, especially of the nether world, [[dark]], [[murky]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|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. [[βλέφαρον|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.)