κέλης

A. courser, riding-horse, Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀμφ’ ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε, κέληθ’ ὡς ἵππον ἐλαύνων bestrode one plank, as if riding on a horse, Od. 5.371 (κ. ἵππος also in later Prose, SIG 314 A 7,36, al. (Arc., iv B.C.), Plu. Alex. 3, Paus. 6.14.4); κ. καὶ ἅρματα Hdt. 7.86; ἵππον κέλητ’ ἀσκοῦντα Eup. 152; κέλης κέλητα παρακελητιεῖ Ar. Pax 901; freq. in the titles of Pindar's Odes, as O. 1; νίκας Πυθοῖ καὶ Ἰσθμοῖ καὶ Νεμέᾳ τεθρίπποις τε καὶ κέλησι Pl. Ly. 205c, cf. Plin. HN 34.19; κ. πωλικός, τέλειος, IG 2.966.

II. fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars, Hdt. 8.94, Th. 4.9, 8.38, X. HG 1.6.36, Ephipp. 5.17 (anap.), Plb. 5.94.8, Plin. HN 7.208, etc.

III. sens. obsc. (with play on 1), Ar. Lys. 60; so ἥρως Κέλης Pl.Com. 174.18.

2. pudenda muliebria, Eust. 1539.34.