κιλάριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Multiple possibilities have been suggested in the past:

• Brands (1935) connect it with κίω (kíō, “to go”), assuming an underlying adjective *κιλος, which he reconstructs to explain κιλίας (kilías, “sparrow”).
• Schmidt (1862), on the other hand, interprets it as an epithet of Apollo, connecting it to the formally similar Laconian epithet σκῐᾰστής (skiastḗs, “casting a shadow”). He cites Marobius' Saturnalia, where in a section listing epithets of Apollo there appears Σκιάλλιος - though the correct reading may be Κιλλαῖος (Killaîos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ciˈla.ri.os/ → /ciˈla.ri.os/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈla.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈla.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈla.ri.os/

Adjective

κιλάριος • (kilários) m (feminine —, neuter —); first/second declension

1. (hapax, epithet of the Sun) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Synonym: ἥλιος (hḗlios)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:

     κιλάριος· ὁ ἥλιος

     kilários; ho hḗlios

     kilários: the Sun

Usage notes

• Possibly a corruption of the Apollonion epithet Κιλλαῖος (Killaîos), found in Macrobius' Saturnalia:
  • p. 431 CE, Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.17.48:

    Item Ἀπόλλων Κιλλαῖος, ὅτι τὰς κινήσεις λαιὰς ποιεῖ semper nobis ab austro currens.

    Item Apóllōn Killaîos, hóti tàs kinḗseis laiàs poieî semper nobis ab austro currens.

    Similarly [he is called] 'Apollo Killaios, because he makes movements on the left', always moving in the south for us.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κιλάριος; τοῦ κιλαρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ κιλάριος ho kilários
Genitive	τοῦ κιλαρίου toû kilaríou
Dative	τῷ κιλαρίῳ tôi kilaríōi
Accusative	τὸν κιλάριον tòn kilárion
Vocative	κιλάριε kilárie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κιλάριος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κιλάριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ