The corpus record

κελαινεφής

kelainephes

black with clouds

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k

What it meant

κελαι-νεφής · kelai-nephēs — LSJ

black with clouds, shrouded in dark clouds, cloud-wrapped

black with clouds, Homeric epith. of Zeus, shrouded in dark clouds, cloud-wrapped, παρὰ πατρὶ κελαινεφεῖ Il. 21.520, cf. Pi. Pae. 6.55; addressed as κελαινεφές in Il. 15.46, Od. 13.147.

2 dark-coloured, black, rich

generally, dark-coloured, ῥέε δʼ αἷμα κ. 11.36, cf. Il. 4.140; πεδίον κ. black, rich soil, Pi. P. 4.52; σκότος κ. Id. Fr. 142.

In the wild

κελαινεφέι · kelainephei Shield of Heracles 53–54
κελαινεφέϊ · kelainephei Iliad 1.397
κελαινεφέα · kelainephea Iliad 11.78
κελαινεφὲς · kelainephes Iliad 14.437
κελαινεφὲς · kelainephes Iliad 15.46
κελαινεφὲς · kelainephes Iliad 16.667

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Where it came from

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