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|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shaft]] of an arrow, [[arrow]], only pl., <b class="b3">κῆλα θεοῖο</b> [[the shafts]] of Apollo, as the cause of sudden death, <span class="bibl">Il.1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">383</span>; <b class="b3">πιφαυσκόμενος τὰ ἃ κῆλα</b>, of Zeus during a snowstorm, <span class="bibl">12.280</span>; <b class="b3">στεροπὴν καὶ αἰθαλόεντα</b> κεραυνόν, κῆλα Διός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>708</span>: metaph., [φόρμιγγος] κῆλα καὶ δαιμόνων θέλγει φρένας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.12</span>; φρικώδεα κῆλα πίφαυσκον <span class="bibl">Orph. <span class="title">A.</span>10</span>:—also κήλεα [[νηῶν]], = [[κᾶλα]], ships' [[timbers]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>206</span> (s.v.l.).</span>