key

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. κλῄς, ἡ.

small keys with three teeth: Ar. κλειδία… τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους (Thesmophoriazusae 421).

Met., see interpretation.

seeing that the place was the key of Sicily: P. ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας (Thuc. 4, 1).