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|Definition=poet. κεν-αίη, ἡ, (κέρας) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[horn]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.476</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[antennae]] of the crayfish or of insects, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>526a6</span>. <span class="bibl">532a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[anything projecting like a horn]]: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[yard-arm]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>557</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.7.41</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.657, 1604.17, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>11.4</span> (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">κ. καθελέσθαι, ὑφιέναι</b>, i.e.lower sail, <span class="bibl">Plb.14.10.11</span>, Plu.2.169b; opp. ἐντείνασθαι Call. <b class="b2">Fr.anon</b>.<span class="bibl">382</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ψιλῆς τῆς κ</b>. 'under bare poles', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[projecting beam]] of a crane, etc., <span class="bibl">Th.2.76</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.100</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>90 (Delos, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>100.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.8.5.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.19.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[projecting parts]] of the hucklebone, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>499b30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> [[branching stake of wood]], used as a [[pale]] in a palisade, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.18.7</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.78</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> [[horns of the ancilia]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[horns]] of the moon, <span class="bibl">Arat.785</span>,<span class="bibl">790</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in writing, [[apex]] of a letter, <span class="title">IG</span>2.4321.10 (iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>28.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>5.18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>16.17</span>, Antyll. ap.<span class="bibl">Orib.45.57.4</span>; ζυγομαχεῖν περὶ συλλαβῶν καὶ κ. Plu.2.1100a; <b class="b3">διὰ πάσης κ. διῆκον</b> showing itself in every [[word]] of a speech, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Din.</span> 7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[leg]] of a pair of compasses, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>10.54</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[projecting spur]] of a mountain, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>13</span>; of the [[horns]] of Europe and Africa at the Straits of Gibraltar, <span class="title">AP</span>4.3b.40 (Agath.); [[arms]] of a harbour, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.21.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> = [[κέρας]] v. <span class="bibl">3</span>, [[wing]] of an army, <span class="bibl">Hld.9.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> pl., supposed teat-like [[projections]] inside the womb, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.27</span>; but the [[Fallopian tubes]], <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span> 194</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[bow made of horn]], AP6.75 (Paul.Sil.).</span>