κήλων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ωνος, ὁ, (κῆλον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">swipe, swing-beam</b>, for drawing water, <span class="title">IG</span> 11(2).154<span class="title">A</span>8 (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.131r</span>.<span class="bibl">303</span> (i A.D.), Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὄνος κ</b>. [[he-ass]], <span class="bibl">Archil.97</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1597.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.307</span>; [[stallion]], Hsch., Suid., prob.in Plaut.<span class="title">Poen.</span>1168: hence of Pan, <span class="bibl">Cratin.321</span>.</span>

|etymtx=-ωνος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">stallion, he-ass</b> (Archil., Kratin., Ph., H.) often metaph.. <b class="b2">swing-beam (for drawing water), swipe</b> (Delos IIIa, Pap.; as MHG <b class="b2">heng(e)st</b>);<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. <b class="b3">κάλων</b><br />Compounds: as 1. member in <b class="b3">κηλωνο-στάσιον</b> <b class="b2">support or base for the swing-beam</b> (PBerl. Leihg. 13, 14; cf. the ed. ad loc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κηλωνεῖον</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ήϊον</b> <b class="b2">machine for drawing (water)</b> (Hdt., Ar., Arist.) and <b class="b3">κηλωνεύω</b> <b class="b2">turn the swing-beam</b> (Hero, Ath. Mech.). Sec. formation in <b class="b3">-ων</b> (Chantraine Formation 161f.);<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Basis uncertain. Vendryes REGr. 25, 461 proposes to start from <b class="b3">κῆλον</b> in the not-attested sense of [[πόσθη]]. Diff., not better, Zupitza Die german. Gutt. 195: to OHG [[scelo]] [[Schellhengst]], MHG [[schel]] [[jumping]], [[auffahrend]] etc. - Cf. on <b class="b3">Σιληνός</b>.