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1 κελαινός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `black, dark' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member e. g. (with haplology) in κελαι(νο)-νεφής `with black clouds', of Ζεύς (Hom., Pi.); also of αἷμα (Hom.), of πεδίον, σκότος (Pi.), for the explanation Leumann Hom. Wörter 202ff.Derivatives: Denomin. verbs: κελαινόομαι `get dark' (A. Ch. \>413, lyr.), κελαινιάω `be black' (Opp., Nonn.; after the verbs of disease in - ιάω, Schwyzer 732).Origin: XX [etym. unknown], PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Morphologically isolated and therefore difficult to assess. For the ending cf. περκνός, ἐρεμνός a. o., but κελαι- remains unclear. If one assumes a ιο-suffix (with metathesis) we arrive at an n-stem, which may be found in Lat. colum-ba `dove' (after the colour), Prellwitz BB 22, 102f. (Skt. kalaṅka- m. `spot, dirt' is prob. of Dravidian origin (Mayrhofer KEWA. s. v.). - Further s. κηλίς. - One might think of a Pre-Greek *kelany-o-, with palatalized n.Page in Frisk: 1,813-814Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κελαινός
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2 κελαινεφής
A black with clouds, Homeric epith. of Zeus, shrouded in dark clouds, cloud-wrapped,παρὰ πατρὶ κελαινεφεῖ Il.21.520
, cf. Pi.Pae.6.55; addressed as κελαινεφές in Il. 15.46, Od.13.147.2 generally, dark-coloured,ῥέε δ' αἷμα κ. 11.36
, cf. Il.4.140; πεδίον κ. black, rich soil, Pi.P.4.52;σκότος κ. Id.Fr. 142
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3 κελαινεφής
κελαι-νεφής, ές (κελαινός, νέφος): as epith. of Zeus, god of the dark clouds, subst., Od. 13.147; of blood, dark.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > κελαινεφής
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μεσονεφής — μεσονεφής, ές (Α) αστρολ. αυτός που στο μέσο έχει σύννεφα. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μεσ(ο) * νεφής (< νέφος), πρβλ. ευρυ νεφής, κελαι νεφής] … Dictionary of Greek
