κατα-κλείς (katakleis)

What it meant

1. κατα-κλείς · kata-kleis — LSJ

instrument for shutting, fastening doors, linch-pins

instrument for shutting or fastening doors, distd. from the bolt (μοχλός) and bolt-pin (βάλανος), Ar. V. 154, IG ΙΙ(2).158A 65 (Delos, iii B.C., pl.); αἱ κ. τῶν ἀξόνων linch-pins, prob.l. in D.S. 17.53.

2 pawl, check-hook

pawl, check-hook, Ph. Bel. 68.5, Hero Bel. 79.13.

3 case, cap, case, socket

κατακληΐς βελέμνων case for arrows, quiver, Call. Dian. 82; cap or case fitted to an engine, Bito 59.3; also, socket for the arrow in the γαστραφέτης, Id. 62.9.

4 locks

pl., locks on a canal, PPetr. 2p.43 (iii B.C.).

5 sheath for a pin

sheath for a pin, in pl., Sch. Od. 18.294, Aristeas 65, cf. Hsch. s.v. κληῖδα.

II

= ἀκρώμιον, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.48.1, Sor. 2.62, Gal. 2.766.

2 first rib

first rib, Id. 18(2).956.

3 clavicular region

clavicular region, Id. 14.703, Hdn. 4.13.5.

III final remark, conclusion

final remark, conclusion, Cic. Att. 9.18.3, prob. l. in ib. 2.3.3.

2 close of a verse, set of verses

close of a verse or set of verses, Heph. 5.1, 6.6, Aristid.Quint. 1.27, Sch. Ar. Ach. 659.

2. κατακληΐς · kataklēis — LSJ

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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