- κελαινός
- κελαινός, ή, όν,A black, dark, freq. in Hom.,
αἷμα Il.1.303
, Od.16.441;νύξ Il.5.310
, etc.;κῦμα 9.6
;λαῖλαψ 11.747
;χθών 16.384
;δέρμα 6.117
;ἦτορ Hes.Sc.429
:ὄμβρος Emp.111.6
; κ. φῦλον a swarthy race, of the Ethiopians, A.Pr.808; Ἔπαφος ib.851; ξίφη, λόγχα, S.Aj.231, Tr.856 (both lyr.), cf. E.Ba.628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than black with blood-stains); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world, dark, murky, A.Pr.433 (lyr.);Ἐρινύες Id.Ag.462
(lyr.);Στύξ Lyc.706
; κ. θῖνα, of the bottom of the sea, S.Ant.590 (lyr.); λύει κ. βλέφαρα suffers her eyes to close in darkness, ib.1302: great, mighty,δίψα Lyc.1425
. (Cf. Skt. kala[ndot ]kas 'spot': κηλίς may be cogn.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.