1. κελαινός · kelainos — Beekes
with black clouds
The corpus record
κελαινός
kelainos
with black clouds
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Prometheus Bound 4 · 6.8/10k
- Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
- Antigone 3 · 4.09/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κελαινός · kelainos — Chantraine
après Hecat. 119 J. mot d
3. κελαινός · kelainos — Chantraine
«noir, sombre » dit Chez Hom
4. κελαινός · kelainos — Chantraine
Composés poétiques, notamment κελαινότρρινος, -φαής, -φρων, -χρως, κελαιν-ὠπᾶς, …
5. κελαινός · kelainos — Frisk
schwarzwolkig
6. κελαινός · kelainos — Frisk
Myk
7. κελαινός · kelainos — LSJ
black, dark
Attestations
- κελαινὸν · kelainon Iliad 1.303
- κελαινὴ · kelainē Iliad 5.310
- κελαινὸν · kelainon Iliad 6.117
- κελαινὸν · kelainon Iliad 7.329
- κελαινὸν · kelainon Iliad 9.6
- κελαινὴ · kelainē Iliad 11.356
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 714; entry #3039 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 526; entry #3797 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 845-846; entry #2897 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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