κληι?ς , ῖδος (Att. κλείς): (1)
bolt, bar (see cuts Nos. 29 and 35, both from
Egyptian originals); cut No. 56, in four compartments, shows above the
open, below the closed door: on the left as seen from within; on the
right from without. c, g, f, mark the place of the key
- hole, through which the thong (ἱμα?ς,
Od. 1.442) ran, and the key was
passed by which the bolt was first lifted (as is seen at
g), ἀνέκοψεν, and then
pushed back, ἀπῶσαν. The adjoining cut
(No. 68), from a Greek sepulchral monument, as well as No. 29,
presupposes double bolts, and above on the right we see the key as it
is applied, and below on the other half of the door the loosened
thong. These bolts of double doors are also called ἐπιβλής, ὀχῆες. κρυπτῇ, with hidden, concealed
bolt.—(2) key, better described as
hook, Il. 12.456.
(See cut No. 56, f, g.)—(3) collar -
bone.— (4) curved tongue of a
buckle, Od. 18.294. (See cut No.
97.)—(5) pl., thole-pins, rowlocks, ἐπὶ κληῖσι, to which the oars were made fast
by a thong, and round which they played, see cuts Nos. 120 and 32; for
later, different arrangements, see cuts Nos. 38, 60, and the Assyrian war - ship, cut No. 37. ἐπὶ
κληῖσι, translate, at the oars.