1. κέλομαι · kelomai — Chantraine
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κέλομαι
kelomai
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Where it lives
- Iliad 56 · 5.02/10k
- Odyssey 28 · 3.22/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
What it meant
2. κέλομαι · kelomai — LSJ
= κελεύω, urge, exhort, command.—Constr. like κελεύω:
c. acc. pers.et inf., Il. 5.810, 16.657, al., Alc. 46, Pi. Il.cc., A. Ag. 1119 (lyr.); of the commands of a god, IG 42(1).121.50 (Epid., iv B.C.), al.; μεταλλῆσαί τί ἑ θυμὸς . . κέλεται, καὶ κήδεά περ πεπαθυίῃ (instead of -υῖαν) Od. 17.555.
c. dat. pers.et inf., φυλασσέμεναί τε κέλονται ἀλλήλοις Il. 10.419: more freq. without inf., Ἀργείοισιν ἐκέκλετο μακρὸν ἀΰσας 6.66; ἀμφιπόλοισι κέκλετο ib. 287; ἵπποισιν ἐκέκλετο 8.184; ἀλλήλοισι κέλεσθε 12.274.
abs., κέλομαι γὰρ ἔγωγε for [so] I advise, 23.894, Od. 17.400; κέλεαι γάρ 5.98; ἐγὼ κέλομαι καὶ ἄνωγα 3.317; ἐπὶ δʼ Ἕκτορι κέκλετο θυμὸς (sc. ἑ ἰέναι) Il. 16.382; less freq. of things, ἰαίνετο κηρός, ἐπεὶ κέλετο μεγάλη ἴς the wax melted, since mighty force constrained it, Od. 12.175; ὡς . . παρʼ ἡμετέρης κέλεται πιστώματα Μούσης Emp. 5.
call to, κέκλετο δʼ Ἥφαιστον Il. 18.391; call upon for aid, h.Cer. 21; πρῶτά σε κεκλόμενος, θύγατερ Διός S. OT 159 (lyr.), cf. A. Supp. 591 (lyr.); ἂν μὴ κελομένου πρίαται Milet. 3.140C56 (iii B.C.), cf. Leg.Gort. 6.48, Schwyzer 181v4,8 (Crete).
call by name, νιν ὄρνιχος κέκλετʼ ἐπώνυμον Pi. I. 6(5).53. (κέλομαι, κέλλω, κελεύω may be cogn. with Skt. kalayati ‘push’, Lat. celer.)
In the wild
- κέλῃ · kelēi Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1119
- κεκλοίμαν · kekloiman Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 590–591
- ἐκέκλετο · ekekleto Shield of Heracles 340
- ἐκέλονθʼ · ekelonthʼ Theogony 33–34
- κεκλομένων · keklomenōn Theogony 685
- κέλομαι · kelomai Works and Days 600–602
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κέλομαι (scan p. 527; entry #3820).
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