1. κήλη · kēlē — Beekes
The corpus record
κέλε·
kele
tumor; rupture, hernia
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What it meant
2. κήλη · kēlē — Chantraine
3. κέλε· · kele· — LSJ
4. κήλη · kēlē — LSJ
tumour; esp. rupture, hernia, Hp. Aër. 7 (pl.), AP 6.166 (Lucill.), 11.342.
hump on a buffaloʼs back, Arist. HA 606a16, in acc. pl. κάλας (v.l. χαίτας); in human beings, Eup. 276.1, Gal. 7.729, Artem. 3.45; καλήτης καὶ κάλη Ἀττικοί . . , κηλήτης καὶ κήλη Ἴωνες Phryn. PS p.81 B. (Cf. ONorse haull, OSlav. kyla, both = hernia.)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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