κελαινός
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(s.v. τανύηκες) ὥϲπερ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ‘κύδιστε μέγιστε κελαινεφές’ σύνθετον ἀποδεδώκαμεν τὸ ὄνομα, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ‘κελαινεφὲς αἷμα’ παραγωγόν
Translation (En)
As we have shown that in “most honored, highest, shrouded in black clouds” (Kudiste megiste kelainephes, Il. 2.412) the word is a compound, but in ”black blood” (kelainephes haima, Il. 4.140) it is a derivative
Parallels
Apollonius Soph., Lexicon homericum p. 148 (ταλαύρινον τολμηρόν. παρῆκται δὲ ἡ λέξις παρὰ τὸ τλῆναι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγκειται ὁ ῥινός, ὡς οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ κελαινεφές τὸ νέφος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 60 (Ἁλοτρίβανον οὖν καὶ ἁλετρίβανον κατὰ τροπήν· ὡς κελαινοφὴς καὶ κελαινεφὴς, ἀπὸ τοῦ κελαινὸν καὶ τοῦ φῶς· οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νέφος); Etym. Symeonis vol. 1, p. 272 (idem); Scholia vetera in Euripidem, Or. 821 (οἷον ‘κελαινεφὲς αἷμα’· οἷον τὸ νέφος οὐκ ἔγκειται, οὕτως […])
Comment
The word is analyzed as a derivative, not a compound, as opposed to the general analysis of kelainephēs which is suitable for other contexts. This goes back to Aristarchus. See κελαινεφής / κελαινός + νέφος for details. The same opposition between a compositional etymology for the proper meaning and a derivational etymology for the metaphoric meaning is found for θεσπέσιος (see θεσπέσιος / θεῖος)