κειμήλιον

A. anything stored up as valuable, treasure, heirloom, τῆ νῦν, καὶ σοὶ τοῦτο, γέρον, κ. ἔστω Il. 23.618, cf. Xenoph. 2.9, etc.; δῶρον . . ὅ τοι κ. ἔσται Od. 1.312; ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρὸς κ. κεῖται, χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος Il. 6.47; opp. live chattels (πρόβασις), Od. 2.75 (pl.), S. El. 438, E. Heracl. 591; of a person, Id. Rh. 654; of a fish, κ. Ἀμφιτρίτης Theoc. 21.55: metaph., κ. ἐσθλά. of γνῶμαι, E. Fr. 362.4: rare in Prose, Hdt. 3.41, Luc. Prom.Es 4, PGiss. 35.2 (iii A.D.): metaph., φίλος ἀνυπόστατον κ. Secund. Sent. 11; in bad sense, κακὸν κ. Hp. Lex 4.

II. relic, ἅγια κ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας PGrenf. 2.111.1 (v/vi A.D.).