- κέλης
- κέλης, -ητοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `runner' (ι 371; cf. Delebecque Cheval 49f.), `fast-sailing shipp' (IA.).Other forms: also (Dor.?) κέληξ `runner' (IG 5 : 1, 213; Sparta Va).Derivatives: κελήτιον `sloop, shallop' (Th., App.); κελητίζω `ride on race-horses, one who leaps from horse to horse' (Ο 679 usw.), κελητιᾶν κελητίζειν, ἱππεύειν H.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [548] *kel- `run'Etymology: Formation in -ητ- resp. -ηκ- (Schwyzer 499 and 496), perh. from κέλομαι `drive om' (s. v.). From it Lat. celēs, celōx (after vēlōx) `fast-sailing ship'. - Doubtful is connection with Av. čarāitī `younge woman' (prob. to čar- `move', s. πέλομαι) and with Germ., e. g. OHG helid `Held' (Johansson WZKM 19, 237, Meillet MSL 17, 114).Page in Frisk: 1,816-817
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.