, Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀμφ' ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε, κέληθ' ὡς ἵππον ἐλαύνων bestrode one plank, as if riding on a
horse
, Od.5.371 (κ. ἵπποσ also in later Prose, SIG314A7,36, al. (Arc., iv B.C.), Plu.Alex.3, Paus.6.14.4); κ. καὶ ἅρματαHdt.7.86; ἵππον κέλητ' ἀσκοῦνταEup.152; κέλης κέλητα παρακελητιεῖAr.Pax 901; freq. in the titles of Pindar's Odes, as O.1; νίκας Πυθοῖ καὶ Ἰσθμοῖ καὶ Νεμέᾳ τεθρίπποις τε καὶ κέλησιPl.Ly.205c, cf. Plin.HN 34.19; κ. πωλικός, τέλειοσ, IG2.966. II.
fast-sailing yacht
with one bank of oars, Hdt.8.94, Th.4.9, 8.38, X.HG1.6.36, Ephipp.5.17 (anap.), Plb.5.94.8, Plin.HN7.208, etc. III. sens. obsc. (with play on 1), Ar.Lys.60; so ἥρως ΚέλησPl.Com.174.18. 2.