κέλης,ητος,ὁ, (κέλλω)
A. courser, riding-horse,Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀμφ' ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε, κέληθ' ὡς ἵππον ἐλαύνωνbestrode one plank, as if riding on ahorse, Od. 5.371 (κ. ἵπποςalso 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 yachtwith 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