ceivsomai , fut. of candavnw .
ceivw , Ep. for cevw , to pour.
celeuv" , evw", oJ , = cevlu" , Hesych.
celidovneio"
celi<Eth>dovneio" , on , v. celidovnio" .
celidovnion
celi<Eth>dovnion , tov , swallow-wort, celandine, Theocr ., Anth.
celidovnio"
celi<Eth>dovnio" or -eio" , a, on , ( celi<Eth>dwvn ) of the swallow, like the swallow, esp. coloured like the swallows throat, reddish-brown, russet, Ar.
celidoniv"
celi<Eth>doniv" , ivdo", hJ , poët. for celidwvn , Anth.
celidovnisma
celi<Eth>dovnisma , ato", tov , the swallow-song, an old song sung at the return of the swallows, cf. Ar. Av. 1410 sq.
celi dwvn, CELI DW vN
CELI-DW vN , ovno", hJ , voc. celidovn , also celidoi` (as if from a nom. celidwv ):— the swallow, Od., etc. :—the twittering of the swallow was proverbially used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, Aesch. ; celidovnwn mousei`a ( v. mousei`on ): proverbs also, miva celidw;n e[ar ouj poiei` Arist.
II. the frog in a horses foot, so called from its being forked like the swallows tail, Xen.
celuvnh
celuvnh »u<Eth>1/4, hJ , = cei`lo" , the lip, Ar.
cevlu", CE vLUS
CE vLUS , uØo", hJ , a tortoise, Lat. testudo : —then, since Hermes made the lyre by stretching strings on its shell, which acted as a sounding-board, cevlu" came to mean the lyre, h. Hom. Merc., Eur.
II. the arched breast, the chest, from its likeness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Eur. Hence celwvnh
celwvnh
celwvnh , hJ , a tortoise, h. Hom. , Hdt. ; prov. of insensibility, ijw; celw`nai makavriai tou` devrmato" oh ye tortoises, happy in your thick skins! Ar.
II. like Roman testudo, a pent-house formed of shields overlapping each other like the scales on a tortoises back, used by storming parties in approaching a citys walls: then, generally, a pent-house for protecting besiegers, Xen.
cevnnion