κελαινός

kelainos

black, dark

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1303
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5310
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6117
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7329
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

96
Book 11 4
Chapter ?

11356
11747
11829
11845
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16384
Odyssey 6
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Book 11 4
Chapter ?

1198
11228
11232
11390
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16441
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19457

Dictionary (LSJ)

κελαινός, ή, όν, A. black, dark, freq. in Hom., αἷμα Il. 1.303, Od. 16.441; νύξ Il. 5.310, etc.; κῦμα 9.6; λαῖλαψ 11.747; χθών 16.384; δέρμα 6.117; ἦτορ Hes. Sc. 429: ὄμβρος Emp. 111.6; κ. φῦλον a swarthy race, of the Ethiopians, A. Pr. 808; Ἔπαφος ib.851; ξίφη, λόγχα, S. Aj. 231, Tr. 856 (both lyr.), cf. E. Ba. 628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather than black with blood-stains); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world, dark, murky, A. Pr. 433 (lyr.); Ἐρινύες Id. Ag. 462 (lyr.); Στύξ Lyc. 706; κ. θῖνα, of the bottom of the sea, S. Ant. 590 (lyr.); λύει κ. βλέφαρα suffers her eyes to close in darkness, ib.1302: great, mighty, δίψα Lyc. 1425. (Cf. Skt. kalaṅkas ‘spotʼ: κηλίς may be cogn.)

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