1. κηκίς · kēkis — Beekes
The corpus record
κηκίς
kekis
anything gushing forth, ooze
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Where it lives
- Against Aphobus 1 2 · 4.41/10k
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
What it meant
2. κηκίς · kēkis — Chantraine
3. κηκίς · kēkis — Frisk
4. κηκίς · kēkis — LSJ
anything gushing or bubbling forth, ooze, of fat or juices drawn forth by fire, κηκὶς πισσήρης φλογός A. Ch. 268; κ. φόνου bubbling blood, ib. 1012; μυδῶσα κ. juices drawn by fire from a sacrificial victim, S. Ant. 1008; κ. πορφύρας dye of the murex, A. Ag. 960.
oak-gall, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, al., Thphr. HP 1.2.1, 3.8.6, Dsc. 1.107; the dye made therefrom, D. 27.10, 43; used as ink, Eust. 955.64; esp. invisible ink, Ph. Bel. 102.32.
In the wild
- κηκῖδα · kēkida Aeschylus, Agamemnon 959–960
- κηκὶς · kēkis Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1012–1013
- κηκῖδι · kēkidi Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 267–268
- κηκῖδα · kēkida Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1 10 (DIORISIS sentence 28)
- κηκῖδος · kēkidos Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1 43 (DIORISIS sentence 131)
- κηκὶς · kēkis Sophocles, Antigone 1006–1011
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κηκίς (scan p. 732; entry #3105).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κηκίς (scan pp. 537-538; entry #3888).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κηκίς (scan p. 870; entry #2952). Root candidates: *käg-.
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