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Κέως

*keos

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What it meant

1. Κέως · Keōs — Beekes

Κέως, -w [f.] one of the Cyclades (inscr., Str.). *DER Κεῖος, Ion. Κήϊος inhabitant of Keos (1A); Kéog [f.] place on Salamis (Hdt. 8, 76). *ETYM Solmsen 1901: 125 suggests derivation from "κῆρος ‘fire’ (to » καίω), which must be wrong, as it is a Pre-Greek name. Fick 1905: 59 compares Κέως Κήιος Κεῖος with Τέως Τήϊιος and Κόως Κῶιος and Cret. Λάτως Λάτιος, and notes as older forms Κήως Τήως Κώως, — [Beekes, s.v. Κέως, p. 730]

2. Κέως · Keōs — LSJ

Ceos, Ceian, Ceian

Ceos, one of the Cyclades, IG 12(5).532.7, Str. 10.5.6, etc.:—hence Κεῖος, Ion. Κήϊος, ὁ, a Ceian, Hdt. 5.102, etc.; οὐ Χῖος, ἀλλὰ Κεῖος not a (roguish) Chian, but an (honest) Ceian, proverb in Ar. Ra. 970; ἀκόλαστόν τινα . . , καὶ οὐδαμῶς Κεῖον Pl. Prt. 341e, cf. Lg. 638b; prov., ἐν Κέῳ τίς ἡμέρα; Crates Com. 29.5. (Not to be confused with Κέος IG 42(1).122.117, or with Κέος Hdt. 8.76 (cf. Wiener Sitzb. 211(1).30).)

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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. Κέως (scan p. 730; entry #3100).

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