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κελαρύζω

kelaryzo

babble, murmur

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κελαρύζω, fut. -ύσομαι or -ύξομαι prob. in Hsch. (-ύζεται· μετὰ ποιᾶς φωνῆς ἠχήσει cod.): aor. κελάρυξε Lyr.Adesp. 90.1; Poet. and late Prose (v. infr.):—A. babble, murmur, of running water, κατειβόμενον κελαρύζει Il. 21.261, cf. Theoc. 7.137, Phld. Po.Herc. 994.14, Philostr. VA 1.16, Im. 1.21; later, of a rushing torrent, c. acc. cogn., ὣς ποταμὸς κ. μέγας . . σμερδαλέον μύκημα Opp. C. 2.145; also, gush out like water, ἀπὸ δʼ ἕλκεος . . αἷμα μέλαν κελάρυζε Il. 11.813; [ἅλμη] ἀπὸ κρατὸς κελάρυζεν ran gushing, Od. 5.323; of milk, Lyr.Adesp.l.c. 2. pour with a gush or gurgling sound, ἀφύσσοντες οἶνον κελαρύζετε Ion Trag.10 (lyr.). (Onomatopoeic, acc. to Str. 14.2.28, Plu. 2.747d.)
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