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κητώεις

κητώεις, full of hollows

κητ-ώεις, εσσα, εν,
  • Homeric epith. of Lacedaemon, κοίλη Λακεδαίμων κητώεσσα Il. 2.581, Od. 4.1; perh. full of hollows or ravines, variously expld. ap. Str. 8.5.7, Apollon. Lex., etc.; cf. καιετάεσσα.
    • II in later Ep., cavernous, of the wooden horse, Q.S. 12.314.
      • 2 = κήτειος, πώεα Nonn. D. 43.251; φάλαγξ ib. 1.274.

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