κῆτος

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Transliteration A: kē̂tos Transliteration B: kētos Transliteration C: kitos Beta Code: kh=tos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος Od.12.97, cf. 5.421, Il.20.147, Mosch.2.116; of seals, Od.4.446,452; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, E.Fr.121, cf. Ar.Nu.556, Th.1033; of the tunny, Archestr. Fr.34.3.    2 in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, Arist.HA566b2, PA669a8, 697a16.    II name of a constellation, Arat.354, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1435] τό, jedes große Meerthier, Seeungeheuer; δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποτε μεῖζον ἕλῃσι κῆτος Od. 12, 97, vgl. 5, 421 Il. 20, 147; Od. 4, 446. 452 = φώκη. Später Wallfische, Haifische u. bes. Thunfische, pisces cetacei, Ath. VII, 303 c θύννον ὑπερβαλλόντως αὐξανόμενον γενέσθαι κῆτος. – Her. 4, 53, wo es sonst für große Flußfische erklärt wurde, ist jetzt κτήνεα hergestellt. – Das Gestirn, der Wallfisch, pistrix, Arat. 354 u. A. – Nach Buttm. Lezil. II p. 95 eigtl. = Schlund, Höhle, von χαω, χάσκω. Vgl. κητώεις.