χέλυς

χέλυς, ῠος, ἡ,

• tortoise, h.Merc. 33.
• • • 2 lyre (since Hermes made the first lyre by stretching strings on a tortoiseʼs shell, which acted as a sounding-board), ib. 25, 153, Sapph. 45, A. Fr. 314; καθʼ ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χ. E. Alc. 448 (lyr.), cf. HF 683 (lyr.).
    • 3 the constellation Lyra, Arat. 268.
  • II arched breast, chest, from its likeness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Hp. Anat. 1, E. El. 837; cf. χελώνιον II. [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., h.Merc. 33, 153; later ῠ, Call. Ap. 16, Arat. 268, Opp. H. 5.404.] (Cf. OSlav. žely ‘tortoise’.)

χέλυς, [ῡ], υος, ἡ, = χελώνη,
1) die Schildkröte, aus deren Schale Hermes die erste Lyra verfertigte, H.h. Merc. 33 ; dah. die Lyra selbst, die aus der Schildkrötenschale gemacht ist, ib. 25, 153 ; Aesch. frg. 318 ; καθʼ ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χέλυν Eur. Alc. 449 ; Herc.F. 683 ; bes. der Schallboden, der gewölbte Teil, Philostr. Imagg. 1.10.
2) das Gewölbe, die Brust, Brusthöhle, in der die Lunge liegt, Hippocr., Eur. El. 837.

χέλυς, ῠος, ἡ,

• • Ia tortoise, Lat. testudo:—then, since Hermes made the lyre by stretching strings on its shell, which acted as a sounding-board, χέλυς came to mean the lyre, Hhymn. (to Merc.), Eur.
  • IIthe arched breast, the chest, from its likeness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Eur.