κῆτος,εος,τό,
A. any sea-monsterorhuge 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 spoutingcetacea,
Arist. HA 566b2 , PA 669a8 , 697a16 .
II. name of a constellation, Arat. 354 , Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20 .