χέλυς
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
ῠος, ἡ,
A tortoise, h.Merc.33. 2 lyre (since Hermes made the first lyre by stretching strings on a tortoise's shell, which acted as a sounding-board), ib.25,153, Sapph.45, A.Fr.314; καθ' ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χ. E.Alc.448 (lyr.), cf. HF683 (lyr.). 3 the constellation Lyra, Arat.268. II arched breast, chest, from its like ness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Hp.Anat.1, E.El. 837; cf. χελώνιον 11. [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., h.Merc.33,153; later ῠ, Call.Ap.16, Arat.268, Opp.H.5.404.] (Cf. OSlav. žely 'tortoise'.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1348] υος, ἡ, = χελώνη, – 1) die Schildkröte, aus deren Schaale Hermes die erste Lyra verfertigte, H. h. Merc. 33; dah. die Lyra selbst, die aus der Schildkrötenschaale gemacht ist, ib. 25. 153; Aesch. frg. 318; καθ' ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χέλυν Eur. Alc. 449; Herc. F. 683; bes. der Schallboden, der gewölbte Theil, Philostr. Imagg. 1, 10. – 2) das Gewölbe, die Brust, Brusthöhle, in der die Lunge liegt, Hippocr., Eur. El. 837.
