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κέλαδος

kelados

sound, noise, sharp sound

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Where it lives

Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. κέλαδος · kelados — Beekes

κέλαδος [m.] ‘sound, noise, sharp sound’ (Il; on mg. and spread see Triimpy 1950: 155). 42> κελέβη 667 *COMP Rarely in compounds, e.g. κελαδο-δρόμος ‘who runs in the noise’ (Orph, of Artemis), δυσ-κέλαδος ‘with terrible noise’ (Π 357); on Ἐγ-κέλαδος s.v. *DER κελαδεινός (Aeolic -εννός Pi.) ‘noisy, sounding’ (Il; Chantraine 1933: 195f.); κελαδῆτις ‘id.’ (γλῶσσα, Pi. N, 4, 86); κελάδων, -ovtos ‘id.’ (1].), also a … — [Beekes, s.v. κέλαδος, p. 713]

2. κέλαδος · kelados — Chantraine

κέλαδος : m. «bruit, clameur», dit de gens qui se battent, se disputent, de cris, de la lyre (Hom., Pi., trag.), cf. Trümpy, Fachausdrücke 155, En composition : κελαδοδρόμος «qui court dans le bruit», dit d'Artémis (Orph.); au second terme dans δυσκέλαδος «au bruit affreux » (11. 16,357, Hés., trag.); en outre, "Eyxéhaëos nom d'un des Géants «le bruyant », composé préposilionnel du type de ἔνδοξος, cf. Stromberg, … — [Chantraine, s.v. κέλαδος, p. 525]

3. κέλαδος · kelados — Frisk

κέλαδος m. “Getöse, Lärm, scharfer Laut’ (ep. poet. seit 11.; zur Bedeutung und Verbreitung Trümpy Fachausdrücke 155). Vereinzelt in Kompp., z.B. χελαδο-δρόμος “ihren Lauf durch den Jagdlärm nehmend’ (Orph.; von Artemis), δυσ-κέλαδος “mit unheimlichem Getöse’ (Π 357 usw.); zu Ἐγ-κέλαδος 8. bes. Ableitungen: χελαδεινός, äol. (Pi.) -evvös “lärmend, tosend’ (ep. lyr. seit Il.; analogisch nach den Adj. auf -εινός, … — [Frisk, s.v. κέλαδος, p. 845]

4. κέλᾰδος · kelados — LSJ

a noise as of rushing waters, loud noise, din, clamour

a noise as of rushing waters: generally, loud noise, din, clamour, θῆκε πολὺν κέλαδον καὶ ἀϋτήν, of persons quarrelling, Il. 9.547, cf. 18.530, Od. 18.402; κ. Εὐίου E. Ba. 578 (lyr.).

2 musical sound

of musical sound, κ. λύρας Id. IT 1129 (lyr.), cf. Cyc. 489 (anap.).

II loud clear voice, shout, cry

loud clear voice, as of an oracle, Pi. P. 4.60; shout, cry, κ. οὐ παιώνιος A. Pers. 605, cf. 388, Ch. 341 (anap.), S. El. 737, etc.

2 chirp, twittering

chirp of the τέττιξ, Ael. NA 1.20; of the twittering of birds, κ. παντομιγής Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 7.6.

In the wild

κελάδους · keladous Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 340–341
κέλαδος · kelados Aeschylus, Persians 386–390
κέλαδος · kelados Aeschylus, Persians 603–605
κέλαδος · kelados Euripides, Bacchae 578–579
κέλαδος · kelados Euripides, Hecuba 2 (DIORISIS sentence 502)
κέλαδον · keladon Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 902)

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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. κέλαδος (scan pp. 713-714; entry #3038).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κέλαδος (scan p. 525; entry #3795).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κέλαδος (scan p. 845; entry #2896).

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