A.charm, bewitch, beguile, esp. by music, “κόρην ὕμνοισι” E.Alc.359; “ᾠδαῖς” Pl.Ly.206b; “κηλῶν τῇ φωνῇ ὥσπερ Ὀρφεύς” Id.Prt.315a, cf.Luc.Ind.12; οὕτως ἐκήλει, of Pericles as an orator, Eup.94.6; ἐπᾴδων κ. charm by incantation, Pl.Phdr.267d; τῷ με κηλήσεις τρόπῳ; Achae.17.2; of bribery, Theopomp.Com.30:—Pass., “κηλεῖται ἀοιδαῖς” Archil. ap. Phld.Mus. p.20 K., cf. Pi.Dith.2.22; “ὑπὸ σοῦ ὥσπερ ὄφις κηληθῆναι” Pl.R.358b; “ὑπὸ δώρων κηλούμενος” Id.Lg.885d; “ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς κηληθείς” Id.R.413c; “ἐφ᾽ οἷς κατορθώσαντες εὐφρανθήσονται, τούτοις κεκήληνται” Aeschin.1.191; “παρὰ ταῖς Σειρῆσιν” Arist.EE1230b35: rarely in good sense, “παιδείᾳ τὸν νοῦν κηληθείς” Pl.Ep.333c.
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