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Κήλησις · enchantment, ravishment (κ 1506) · Suda

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Near κ1506

κ1502arrows, arrow-shafts
κ1503in burning [fire]
κ1504beguiler
κ1505rapture
κ1506enchantment, ravishment
κ1507charming songs, enchanting songs
κ1508hernia-sufferer
κ1509spot, stain
κ1510spotted, stained

Suda/Κ kappa/κ1506

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Κήλησις

enchantment, ravishment

Translated by Marcelo Boeri16 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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3 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning a] persuasion accompanied by enjoyment.¹
The [sc. kind of] pleasure breaking down[?] through discourses.²
Also a peace of mind accompanied by pleasure. [It derives] from xalw= ['I relax, slow down'].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κήλησις· πειθὼ μετὰ τέρψεως. ἡ διὰ λόγων ἡδονὴ κατακλῶσα. καὶ ἡσυχία σὺν ἡδονῇ. ἀπὸ τοῦ χαλῶ.

Betacode

*kh/lhsis: peiqw\ meta\ te/ryews. h( dia\ lo/gwn h(donh\ kataklw=sa. kai\ h(suxi/a su\n h(donh=|. a)po\ tou= xalw=.

Notes (3)

There is confusion here with kappa 1505, q.v.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.2. ↩
2This gloss is unparalleled elsewhere in this form, and emendation of the final participle (transmitted as kataklw=sa), which makes no sense here anyway, has been suggested: katakhlou=sa in the editio princeps, persuasively citing Diogenes Laertius 7.114 (kh/lhsis ... e)stin h(donh\ di' w)/twn katakhlou=sa); kataxalw=sa Bernhardy, with (looser) reference to this verb in a scholion on Thucydides 1.94.2. ↩
3Similarly in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 11.334.

Linked from6 entries

ε3535Εὐκηλήτειραsoother[Meaning] a rest-giver.
η97ἩδοναίpleasuresFrom the writings of Plotinus. [Pleasures,] pains, recklessness, fears, desires, aversions, and feeling pain of mind, to what do they belong? For they belong either to the soul or the soul making use of the body or a…
κ1504Κηλέστηςbeguiler[Meaning] a cheat/deceiver.
κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture[Meaning] deceit. From the [verb] chalô "I relax", [comes a noun] chalêthmos, and by [letter-]change kêlêthmos. And similarly kêlêma ["charm"].
κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs[Meaning] beguiling strains. "[...] that those who have written for the 12 gods ought to sing these, like charming songs against present misfortunes."
κ1515ΚηλῶI charm, I beguile[Meaning] I harm, I cheat.

Neighbouring entries

κ1504Κηλέστηςbeguiler κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture κ1506Κήλησιςenchantment, ravishment κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs κ1508<20Κηλήτηςhernia-sufferer

Revision history3 revisions · last 1 May 2016

1 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
20 Feb 2013augmented and expanded notes — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2003mdified translation; added notes and a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jul 2003Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κήλησις (Adler number kappa 1506), trans. Marcelo Boeri, 16 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1506

Translation by Marcelo Boeri for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗