Κηλίς

spot, stain

Translated by Nick Nicholas15 Nov 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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[khli/s], [genitive] khli=dos.
[Meaning] dirt, disgrace, colour, form, ulcer, wound.¹
"So they inflicted a stain on human life, like what grows out of Titanic seeds."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κηλίς, κηλῖδος. ῥύπος, μῶμος, χρῶμα, μορφή, ἕλκος, οὐλή. ὥσπερ οὖν τὰ ἐκ τῶν Τιτανικῶν σπερμάτων φύντα τῷ βίῳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κηλῖδα προσετρίψαντο.

Betacode

*khli/s, khli=dos. r(u/pos, mw=mos, xrw=ma, morfh/, e(/lkos, ou)lh/. w(/sper ou)=n ta\ e)k tw=n *titanikw=n sperma/twn fu/nta tw=| bi/w| tw=n a)nqrw/pwn khli=da prosetri/yanto.

Notes (2)

See also kappa 1509.
1Similar glossing in Photius, Lexicon kappa662 Theodoridis and elsewhere, but "colour" is lacking and the Suda's "form" (morfh/) should be "reproach" (momfh/). ↩
2Aelian 92b Domingo-Forasté (part of 89 Hercher). Cited more fully in tau 680. ↩

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κ1509Κηλῖδαspot, stain κ1510Κηλιδωτόνspotted, stained κ1511Κηλίςspot, stain κ1512Κῆλονshaft κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 May 2016

1 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2013tweaked and expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2012updated reference — Catharine Roth
17 Nov 2008another x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2008cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
15 Nov 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas

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