The corpus record

κελαδέω

keladeo

sound as flowing water

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Where it lives

Frogs 3 · 3.29/10k
Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

κελᾰδ-έω · kelad-eō — LSJ

sound as flowing water

sound as flowing water, ὔδωρ ψῦχρον κ. Sapph. l.c.; κῦμα κελαδοῦν Orac. ap. Aeschin. 3.112.

2 shout aloud

of persons, shout aloud, ἀτὰρ κελάδησαν Ἀχαιοί, in applause, Il. 23.869; ἐμὲ δεῖ κ. Pratin. Lyr. 1.3, cf. B. l.c.; κελαδέοντι ἀμφὶ Κινύραν φᾶμαι Pi. P. 2.15: c. acc. cogn., κ. ὕμνους Terp. 5, cf. Pi. N. 4.16 codd.; νόμον Id. Pae. 2.101; ἁδυμελῆ κόσμον κ. Id. O. 11(10).14; [βοάς], παιᾶνας, E. Ion 93, HF l.c.

3 cries, crows, ring, tinkle

of various cries, e.g. of a new-born babe, A. Ch. 609; of the swallow, Ar. Pax 801, Ra. 684; of the grasshopper, Theopomp.Com. l.c.; of the cock, ἐξ εὐνᾶς κ. crows from his perch, Theoc. 18.57; of bells, ring, tinkle, E. Rh. 384; of the flute, κ. φθόγγον κάλλιστον Id. El. 716; of the sea, Ar. Th. 44.

II sing of, celebrate loudly

trans., sing of, celebrate loudly, τινα Pi. O. 1.9, 2.2, 6.88, E. IT 1093, Ar. Ra. 1527; τέμενος B. 13.21, cf. E. Tr. 121; τινὰ ἀμφʼ ἀρετᾷ Pi. P. 2.63.

In the wild

κελάδησε · keladēse Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 602–611
κελαδοῦντες · keladountes Aristophanes, Frogs 1524–1527
κελαδεῖτε · keladeite Aristophanes, Frogs 384–385
κελαδεῖ · keladei Aristophanes, Frogs 682–685
κελαδῇ · keladēi Aristophanes, Peace 1.797 (DIORISIS sentence 549)
κελαδείτω · keladeitō Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 46)

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