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κειμήλιον

keimelion · τό

anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom

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What it meant

κειμήλι-ον · keimēli-on — LSJ

anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom

anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom, τῆ νῦν, καὶ σοὶ τοῦτο, γέρον, κ. ἔστω Il. 23.618, cf. Xenoph. 2.9, etc.; δῶρον . . ὅ τοι κ. ἔσται Od. 1.312; ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρὸς κ. κεῖται, χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος Il. 6.47; opp. live chattels (πρόβασις), Od. 2.75 (pl.), S. El. 438, E. Heracl. 591; of a person, Id. Rh. 654; of a fish, κ. Ἀμφιτρίτης Theoc. 21.55: metaph., κ. ἐσθλά. of γνῶμαι, E. Fr. 362.4: rare in Prose, Hdt. 3.41, Luc. Prom.Es 4, PGiss. 35.2 (iii A.D.): metaph.

II relic

relic, ἅγια κ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας PGrenf. 2.111.1 (v/vi A.D.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κειμήλιον (scan p. 711; entry #3029).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κειμήλιον (scan p. 524; entry #3780).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κειμήλιον (scan p. 842; entry #2884).

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