κῆλον

A. shaft of an arrow, arrow, only pl., κῆλα θεοῖο the shafts of Apollo, as the cause of sudden death, Il. 1.53, 383; πιφαυσκόμενος τὰ ἃ κῆλα, of Zeus during a snowstorm, 12.280; στεροπὴν καὶ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, κῆλα Διός Hes. Th. 708: metaph., [φόρμιγγος] κῆλα καὶ δαιμόνων θέλγει φρένας Pi. P. 1.12; φρικώδεα κῆλα πίφαυσκον Orph. A. 10:—also κήλεα νηῶν, = κᾶλα, ships' timbers, Hes. Fr. 206 (s.v.l.).