κληΐς

κληΐς, ῗδος, ion., κλῄς altatt., s. κλείς.

κληΐς

-ιδος, ἡ

[κληΐω.]

Dat. pl. κληΐδεσσι (ῑ) Od. 12.215. κληῗσι Il. 16.170, Il. 24.318 : Od. 2.419, Od. 9.103, Od. 15.221, etc.

• • 1

    A bar or bolt securing a gate or door within : θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε κληϊδι κρυπτῇ Il. 14.168. Cf. Il. 24.318, 455 (here app. identical with the ἐπιβλής of 453) : ἐπὶ κληῗδʼ ἐτάνυσσεν ἱμάντι Od. 1.442, σταθμοῖο παρὰ κληῗδα λιάσθη (i.e. through the slit for the ἱμάς) Od. 4.838. Cf. Od. 4.802, Od. 21.241.

    App., a pin securing the ὀχῆες of a gate at their point of intersection Il. 12.456 (see ἐπημοιβός 2).

  • 2

    An instrument for pushing back from without the bar or bolt of a door : οἴξασα κληῗδι θύρας Il. 6.89 : ἐν κληῗδʼ ἧκεν (i.e. into an aperture made for the purpose) Od. 21.47. Cf. Od. 21.6, 50.

  • 3

    In pl., rowlocks or thole-pins (to which the oars were secured by the τροποί); also explained as oarsmen’s benches (as passing from side to side of, and stiffening, the framework of a ship = ζυγά. See ζυγόν 2); but Od. 8.37 cited below seems to be decisive against this : πεντήκοντʼ ἔσαν ἄνδρες ἐπὶ κληῗσιν ἐρταῖροι Il. 16.170 : δησάμενοι δʼ εὖ πάντες ἐπὶ κληῗσιν ἐρετμὰ ἔκβητε Od. 8.37. Cf. Od. 2.419 = Od. 4.579, Od. 9.103 = 179 = 471 = 563 = Od. 11.638 = Od. 12.146 = Od. 15.549, Od. 12.215, Od. 13.76, Od. 15.221.

  • 4

    The collar-bone (as joining the breast and neck) : τὸν ἕτερον κληῗδα παρʼ ὦμον πλῆξεν Il. 5.146. Cf. Il. 5.579, Od. 8.325, Il. 17.309, Il. 21.117, Il. 22.324 (in pl.).

  • 5

    A tube or sheath to receive a pin of a περόνη : περόναι κληῗσιν ἀραρυῖαι Od. 18.294 (= the αὐλοῖσιν of Od. 19.227 : see αὐλός 4).

κληΐς , ῖδος (Att. κλείς): (1) bolt, bar (see cuts Nos. 29 and 35, both from Egyptian originals); cut No. 56, in four compartments, shows above the open, below the closed door: on the left as seen from within; on the right from without. c, g, f, mark the place of the key - hole, through which the thong (ἱμάς, Od. 1.442) ran, and the key was passed by which the bolt was first lifted (as is seen at g), ἀνέκοψεν, and then pushed back, ἀπῶσαν. The adjoining cut (No. 68), from a Greek sepulchral monument, as well as No. 29, presupposes double bolts, and above on the right we see the key as it is applied, and below on the other half of the door the loosened thong. These bolts of double doors are also called ἐπιβλής, ὀχῆες. κρυπτῇ, with hidden, concealed bolt.—(2) key, better described as hook, Il. 12.456. (See cut No. 56, f, g.)—(3) collar - bone. — (4) curved tongue of a buckle, Od. 18.294. (See cut No. 97.)—(5) pl., thole-pins, rowlocks, ἐπὶ κληῖσι, to which the oars were made fast by a thong, and round which they played, see cuts Nos. 120 and 32; for later, different arrangements, see cuts Nos. 38, 60, and the Assyrian war - ship, cut No. 37. ἐπὶ κληῖσι, translate, at the oars.