Κειμήλια

treasures, heirlooms

Translated by Nick Nicholas12 Nov 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] possessions, or stored-away monies.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κειμήλια· κτήματα, ἢ ἀποκείμενα χρήματα.

Betacode

*keimh/lia: kth/mata, h)\ a)pokei/mena xrh/mata.

Neuter plural, with the same or similar glossing in other lexica (including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon) and several Homeric scholia; see the references at Photius kappa519.
There are sixteen instances of keimh/lia in the Iliad.
cf. pi 2329.