large chest, coffer
large chest, coffer, χηλοῦ δʼ ἀπὸ πῶμʼ ἀνέῳγε καλῆς δαιδαλέης Il. 16.221; ἐϋξέστῃ ἐνὶ χηλῷ Od. 13.10, etc.; κενεᾶς ἐν πυθμένι χηλοῦ Theoc. 16.10.
II coffin
coffin, IG 12(8).600.6 (Thasos).
The corpus record
χηλός
chelos · ἡ
large chest, coffer
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- χηλοῦ · chēlou Iliad 16.221
- χηλοῖο · chēloio Iliad 16.228
- χηλῷ · chēlōi Iliad 16.254
- χηλῷ · chēlōi Odyssey 13.10
- χηλὸν · chēlon Odyssey 13.68
- χηλοῖσιν · chēloisin Odyssey 2.339
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χηλός (scan pp. 1680-1681; entry #6557).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χηλός (scan p. 1276; entry #8719).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χηλός (scan p. 2066; entry #6091).