Κηλέῳ
in burning [fire]
Translated by Nick Nicholas14 Nov 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] in fire that can burn.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κηλέῳ· καυστικῷ πυρί.
Betacode
*khle/w|: kaustikw=| puri/.
Notes
- With
puri\ , a Homeric formula, e.g. Iliad 8.235, 18.346, Odyssey 8.435. Glossed askaustikw=| as early as Philoxenus fr.112* (1 BCE) and Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon s.v.khlei/w| (alternative form of the adjective). Also in Hesychius kappa2495 and the Etymologicum Magnum; plus the scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 865, and to Homer, Iliad 8.217, and Odyssey 18.309.