χέλειον
χέλειον, crab’s shell
χέλειον, τό,
- crabʼs shell, Nic. Al. 561, Hsch. (χέλιον cod.); tortoise-shell, chelium testudinum, Plin. HN 6.173, cf. 9.38.
- II perh. = χηλή I.3, of Cancer, Euph. in Philol. 90.137 (pl.), Arat. 494.
χέλειον, ου (τὸ)
1 carapace de tortue, Nic. Al. 574 ||
2 écaille d’huître, Arat. 494.
Étym. χέλυς.
χέλειον, τό, = χέλυον, Schildkrötenschale ; Krebsschale, Arat. 494 Nic. Al. 574.