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κηλίς

kelis

stain (of blood), spot, defilement

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Where it lives

De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

1. κηλίς · kēlis — Beekes

κηλίς, -ἰδος [f] ‘stain (of blood), spot, defilement’ (trag., Antipho, X., Arist.). «IE? *keh,|- ‘white spot’> *DER κηλιδόω (καλ- Ecphant. apud Stob. 4, 7, 64) ‘stain, soil’ (E., Arist. Ph.), κηλιδωτός (Suid., gloss.). Further κηλάς, -άδος [f.] epithet of storm clouds (Thphr.), acc. to H. also χειμερινὴ ἡμέρα ‘stormy day’ and αἴξ, ἥτις κατὰ τὸ μέτωπον σημεῖον ἔχει τυλοειδές “goat.having a knob-like sign on its … — [Beekes, s.v. κηλίς, p. 734]

2. κηλίς · kēlis — Chantraine

κηλίς, -ἶδος : f. «tache» en général (οὖ, Thphr., Car. 19,7), «tache de sang, souillure, honte», etc. (trag., Antiph., X., etc.) ; verbe dénom. κηλιδόω (καλ- Ecphant. ap. Stob. 4,7,64) «salir» (au sens matériel, cf. Arist., Insomn. 460 a), « souiller » (E., Ph.}, d’où κηλιδωτός (Suid., Gloss.). On rapproche aisément pour le sens, avec une morphologie différente, κηλάς, -άδος f., nom des nuages qui annoncent du vent, … — [Chantraine, s.v. κηλίς, p. 539]

3. κηλίς · kēlis — Frisk

κηλίς, -ἴδος f. "Fleck, Blutfleck, Schandfleck’ (Trag., Antipho, X., Arist. usw.) mit κηλιδόω (καλ- Ekphant. ap. Stob. 4, 7, 64) “beflecken, schänden’ (E., Arist., Ph. u.a.), κηλιδωτός (Suid., Gloss.). — Daneben xnAds, -άδος f. Beiwort der Sturmwolke (Thphr.), nach H. auch = χειμερινὴ ἡμέρα und αἴξ, ἥτις κατὰ τὸ μέτωπον σημεῖον ἔχει τυλοειδές, somit eig. ‘gefleckt, gesprenkelt’; auch κηλήνη" μέλαινα H. Bildung wie … — [Frisk, s.v. κηλίς, p. 872]

4. κηλίς · kēlis — LSJ

stain, spot, defilement

stain, spot, defilement, esp. of blood, A. Eu. 787 (lyr.), S. El. 446, E. IT 1200, etc.: generally, οὐ ῥᾴδιον ἐκμάξαι τὴν . . κηλῖδα [ἐκ τοῦ κατόπτρου] Arist. Insomn. 459b32; ἐν ἱματίῳ καθαρῷ καὶ αἱ μικραὶ κ. ἔνδηλοι Id. GA 780b32; ἱμάτιον κηλίδων μεστόν Thphr. Char. 19.7.

2 stain, blemish, ignominious punishment

metaph., stain, blemish, S. OT 1384; κ. συμφορᾶς ib. 833; κακῶν Id. OC 1134; ἐστάθη τὴν ἀσπίδα ἔχων, ὃ δοκεῖ κ. εἶναι τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις X. HG 3.1.9; ignominious punishment, θεία κ. προσπίπτει τῷ δράσαντι Antipho 3.3.8; τῆς κ. εἰς ὑμᾶς ἀναφερομένης ib. 11; τιμωρίας καὶ κηλῖδας πάσας αὐτοῖς ἀνῆκεν Hdn. 6.8.8.

3 naevus

Medic., naevus, Lycus ap. Orib. 9.44.3.

In the wild

κηλῖδας · kēlidas Aeschylus, Eumenides 784–787
κηλῖδας · kēlidas Aeschylus, Eumenides 814–817
κηλὶς · kēlis Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 39)
κηλῖδʼ · kēlidʼ Euripides, Hecuba 1.910 (DIORISIS sentence 498)
κηλῖσιν · kēlisin Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis *)axilleu/s.970 (DIORISIS sentence 597)
κηλὶς · kēlis Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1200 (DIORISIS sentence 731)

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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. κηλίς (scan p. 734; entry #3113). Root candidates: *kdlad-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κηλίς (scan p. 539; entry #3898).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κηλίς (scan pp. 872-873; entry #2959). Root candidates: *galio-.

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