κῆτος

A. any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος Od. 12.97, cf. 5.421, Il. 20.147, Mosch. 2.116; of seals, Od. 4.446,452; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, E. Fr. 121, cf. Ar. Nu. 556, Th. 1033; of the tunny, Archestr. Fr. 34.3.

2. in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, Arist. HA 566b2, PA 669a8, 697a16.

II. name of a constellation, Arat. 354, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20.