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κηλ-έω

keleo

to charm, bewitch

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What it meant

1. κηλέω · kēleō — Beekes

κηλέω [v.] ‘to charm, bewitch’ (IA). <1E? *keh,I- ‘enchant, deceive’> *VAR Aor. κηλῆσαι. eCOMP Also with kata-, ὑπερ-, ἐκ-. DER Verbal nouns: κηληθμός ‘enchantment’ (A 334 = v 2), κήλησις ‘id? (PL), κήλημα ‘charm’ (Ibyc., E.), κήληθρον ‘id’ (Phryn., H.); Κηληδόνες [fipl.] name of mythical singers who resembled the Sirenes (Pi.), κηλήτωρ ‘enchanter’ (Orph.), -ἥτειρα [f.] (Hes. Op. 464 εὐκηλήτειρα; = ἡσυχάστρια ‘she … — [Beekes, s.v. κηλέω, p. 733]

2. κηλέω · kēleō — Chantraine

κηλέω : aoriste ἐκήλησα «charmer, enchanter», en principe avec des chants ou des paroles, dit parfois pour des serpents, noter aussi l'emploi du mot pour les Sirènes (Archil., ion.-att., etc.) ; très rares formes à préverbes : κατα- (S., Pl), ὑπερ- (tardif), cf. encore ἐξεκήλησεν (Hsch.). Originellement distinct de θέλγω qui se rapportait d’abord à la vue. Noms d'action κηληθμός senchantement » causé par des … — [Chantraine, s.v. κηλέω, p. 538]

3. κηλέω · kēleō — Frisk

κηλέω, Aor. χηλῆσαι, auch mit xara-, ὕπερ-, &x-, "bezaubern, betören, besänftigen’ (ion. att.). — Davon mehrere Verbalnomina: κηληϑμός "Bezauberung’ (A 334 = »2; Chantraine Formation 137), κήλησις “ds. (Pl.), κήλημα “Zauber (Ibyk., E.), κήληϑρον “ds” (Phryn., H.); — Κηληδόνες f. pl. N. mythischer Sängerinnen, die den Sirenen ähnelten (Pi.; vgl. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 268), κηλήτωρ "Bezauberer’ (Orph.), -nreiga f. … — [Frisk, s.v. κηλέω, p. 871]

4. κηλέω · kēleō — Frisk

κηλέω. Davon κηλητής, wahrscheinliche Ergänzung Hippon. 79, 15; vgl. Masson z.St. — [Frisk, s.v. κηλέω, p. 2252]

5. κηλ-έω · kēl-eō — LSJ

charm, bewitch, beguile, charm

charm, bewitch, beguile, esp. by music, κόρην ὕμνοισι E. Alc. 359; ᾠδαῖς Pl. Ly. 206b; κηλῶν τῇ φωνῇ ὥσπερ Ὀρφεύς Id. Prt. 315a, cf. Luc. Ind. 12; οὕτως ἐκήλει, of Pericles as an orator, Eup. 94.6; ἐπᾴδων κ. charm by incantation, Pl. Phdr. 267d; τῷ με κηλήσεις τρόπῳ; Achae. 17.2; of bribery, Theopomp.Com. 30:—Pass., κηλεῖται ἀοιδαῖς Archil. ap. Phld. Mus. p.20 K., cf. Pi. Dith. 2.22; ὑπὸ σοῦ ὥσπερ ὄφις κηληθῆναι Pl. R. 358b; ὑπὸ δώρων κηλούμενος Id. Lg. 885d; ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς κηληθείς Id. R. 413c; ἐφʼ

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