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κλείς, ἡ, genitive κλειδός; Attic dialectaccusative κλεῖν, see.below 1.3, 111, later κλεῖδα Refs 5th c.BC+:—Ionic dialect κληΐς [ῑ], κληῗδος, κληῗδα, etc. Refs 8th c.BC+:—Doric dialect κλᾱΐς, κλαΐδος [ῐ] Refs 5th c.BC+; accusative κλαῖδα or κλᾷδα Refs 3rd c.BC+; compare κλᾴξ:—Aeolic dialect κλᾶϊς (κλαῖς codex)· μοχλός, Refs 5th c.AD+; κλάϊς accusative κλάϊν Refs 5th c.AD+:—old Attic dialect κλῄς, κλῇδος, accusative κλῇδα Refs 5th c.BC+ in the same Attic dialect Inscription, Refs and 47. (κλᾱϝῑς, cf. Latin clavis, claudo.) __1 bar, bolt, θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε (i.e. Hera, from within) κληῗδι κρυπτῇ Refs 8th c.BC+; ={ἐπιβλής}, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 catch or hook, passed through the door from the outside to catch the strap (ἱμάς) attached to the bar (ὀχεύς), ἐν δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἧκε, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας ἄντα τιτυσκομένη Refs 8th c.BC+ __3 later, key, τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται Refs 5th c.BC+; κλεῖν παρακλείδιον a false key, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a sacred key carried in processions, Refs 1st c.AD+ __4 metaphorically, Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, of silence, Refs 5th c.BC+; κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει, of Hera, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the key to a problem, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II hook or tongue of a clasp, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II.2 stop-cock, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __III collar-bone, probably so called from its hook shape (see.Refs 8th c.BC+; κλεῖδες ὀπταί roast shoulder-bones of the tunny (with play on Refsvisible keys, opposed to κρυπταὶ κλεῖδες of the Laconians), Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV rowing bench in a ship, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ always in plural; ἐπὶ κληῗσι καθίζειν Refs 8th c.BC+ __V of promontories, straits, etc., Κληῗδες or Κληΐδες τῆς Κύπρου Refs 5th c.BC+; πόντου κλῇδ᾽, of the Bosporus, Refs 5th c.BC+ __VI in plural, sacred chaplets, Refs 5th c.AD+ __VII in versification, clausula, cadence, Refs 5th c.BC+

† מַפְתֵּחַ n.m. key (opening instrument);—מ׳ abs. Ju 3:25; 1 Ch 9:27; cstr. Is 22:22 (fig.).

† [מִפְתָּח] n.[m.] opening, utterance;—cstr. מִפְתַּח שְׂפָתַי Pr 8:6 i.e. that with which my lips open.