κειμήλιον

keimelion

anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom

Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 14
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1312
Book 2 1
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275
Book 4 2
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4600
4613
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1040
Book 14 1
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14326
Book 15 4
Chapter ?

1591
15101
15113
15159
Book 17 1
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17527
Book 19 2
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19272
19295
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

219
Iliad 6
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

647
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9330
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11132
Book 18 1
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18290
Book 23 1
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23618
Book 24 1
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24381

Dictionary (LSJ)

κειμήλιον, τό, (κεῖμαι)

anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom, τῆ νῦν, καὶ σοὶ τοῦτο, γέρον, κ. ἔστω Il. 23.618, cf. Xenoph. 2.9, etc.; δῶρον . . ὅ τοι κ. ἔσται Od. 1.312; ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρὸς κ. κεῖται, χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος Il. 6.47; opp. live chattels (πρόβασις), Od. 2.75 (pl.), S. El. 438, E. Heracl. 591; of a person, Id. Rh. 654; of a fish, κ. Ἀμφιτρίτης Theoc. 21.55: metaph., κ. ἐσθλά. of γνῶμαι, E. Fr. 362.4: rare in Prose, Hdt. 3.41, Luc. Prom.Es 4, PGiss. 35.2 (iii A.D.): metaph., φίλος ἀνυπόστατον κ. Secund. Sent. 11; in bad sense, κακὸν κ. Hp. Lex 4.

II. relic, ἅγια κ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας PGrenf. 2.111.1 (v/vi A.D.).

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