Κῆλον
shaft
Translated by David Whitehead19 Jul 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a wooden missile.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κῆλον· τὸ ξύλινον βέλος.
Betacode
*kh=lon: to\ cu/linon be/los.
Notes
- Quintessentially the shaft of an arrow, or the whole arrow, in Homer and elsewhere; cf. already kappa 1502. See LSJ s.v.