κέλευθος
keleuthos
road, path
Appears 39 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κέλευθος, ἡ, with poet.heterocl.pl. κέλευθα; poet. Noun (also , IG 5(2).3.23 (Tegea, iv B.C.)), A. road, path, not common in lit. sense, πολλαὶ γὰρ ἀνὰ στρατόν εἰσι κέλευθοι Il. 10.66; Ἰσθμία κ. 17.17; ἐν κελεύθοις in the streets, Ch. 349 (lyr.); ἐγγὺς γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι Od. 10.86, cf. 1.11; ἀνέμων κέλευθα or κέλευθοι, Il. 14.17, Od. 5.383, etc.; ὑγρὰ, ἰχθυόεντα κ., of the sea, 3.71, 177; ἁλὸς βαθεῖαν (vel -είας) κ. P. 5.88; ἄρκτου στροφάδες κ. paths, orbits, Tr. 131 (lyr.), cf. Hel. 343 (lyr.); θεῶν δʼ ἀπόεικε κελεύθου withdraw from the path of the gods, Il. 3.406 (v.l. ἀπόειπε κελεύθους): metaph., ἔργων κέλευθον ἂν καθαράν on the open road of action, I. 5(4).23, cf. O. 6.23; στείχει διʼ εὐρείας κ. μυρία παντᾷ φάτις 8.47; ἔστι μοι μυρία παντᾷ κ. I. 4(3).1, cf. 5.31: Πειθοῦς, Δίκας κ., 4.4, 10.26. II. journey, voyage, by land or water, ὅς κέν τοι εἴπῃσιν ὁδὸν καὶ μέτρα κελεύθου Od. 4.389; οὐκ ἄν πω χάζοντο κελεύθου would not have halted from their onward way, Il. 11.504, cf. 12.262; πολλὰ κ. a far journey, i.e. a great distance, OC 164 (lyr.). 2. expedition, Ag. 127 (lyr.), Pers. 758 (troch.). III. way of going, walk, gait, μιμήσομαι λύκου κ. Rh. 212; διʼ ἀψόφου βαίνων κ. Tr. 888. IV. metaph., way of life, ἀργαλέας βιότοιο κ. 115.8; κ. ἁπλόαι ζωᾶς N. 8.35; τὰν ἀνόστιμον βίου κ. HF 433 (lyr.).
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