κελαινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">black, dark</b>, freq. in Hom., αἷμα <span class="bibl">Il.1.303</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.441</span>; νύξ <span class="bibl">Il.5.310</span>, etc.; κῦμα <span class="bibl">9.6</span>; λαῖλαψ <span class="bibl">11.747</span>; χθών <span class="bibl">16.384</span>; δέρμα <span class="bibl">6.117</span>; ἦτορ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>429</span>: ὄμβρος <span class="bibl">Emp.111.6</span>; <b class="b3">κ. φῦλον</b> a <b class="b2">swarthy</b> race, of the Ethiopians, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>808</span>; <b class="b3">Ἔπαφος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">851</span>; <b class="b3">ξίφη, λόγχα</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>231</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>856</span> (both lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>628</span> (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than <b class="b2">black with blood-stains</b>); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world, <b class="b2">dark, murky</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>433</span> (lyr.); Ἐρινύες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>462</span> (lyr.); Στύξ Lyc.706; <b class="b3">κ. θῖνα</b>, of the bottom of the sea, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>590</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">λύει κ. βλέφαρα</b> suffers her eyes to close <b class="b2">in darkness</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1302</span>: <b class="b2">great, mighty</b>, δίψα Lyc.1425. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">kala[ndot ]kas</b> 'spot': <b class="b3">κηλίς</b> may be cogn.)</span>