κύτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], εος, τό,</b> (κύω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], <b class="b3">κύκλου</b>, of a shield, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>495</span>; ἀσπίδος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>185</span>; θώρηκος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1224</span>; περίπλευρον κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>473</span> (lyr.); λέβητος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>399</span>; τρίποδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1202</span>; κύλικος <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.189</span>; λοπάδος <span class="bibl">Xenarch.1.10</span>; [[hold]] of a ship, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.3.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">vessel, jar</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>322</span>, <span class="bibl">816</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1142</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πλεκτὸν κ</b>. [[basket]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>37</span>; κοιλοσώματον κ. <span class="bibl">Antiph.52.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of any hollow container, τὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>45a</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὄπισθεν κ</b>. [[occiput]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>56b26</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ θώρακος τὸ κ</b>., i.e. the chest, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>69e</span>; ποδῶν κ. <span class="bibl">Achae.4.4</span> (leg. <b class="b3">πλευρῶν</b>) ; τὸ ἄνω κ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>742b14</span> (also of plants, = [[αἱ ῥίζαι]], <span class="bibl">741b35</span>, al.); <b class="b3">τὸ λοιπὸν ἅπαν κ</b>., of the uterus, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.1.9</span>; of the fourth stomach of the ox, Phlp.<span class="title">in AP</span>0.417.14; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς κ</b>., i.e. the body, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>44a</span>: hence, abs., [[body]], ἀνδρείῳ κύτει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>12</span>; [[trunk]], διὰ παντὸς τοῦ κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>74a</span>; τὸ ἀπ' αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων κ. Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> <span class="bibl">491a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>686b14</span>; τὸ ὅλον κ. τοῦ σώματος <span class="bibl">D.S.1.35</span>, cf. Archig. ap.Gal.13.262: metaph., of the <b class="b3">πόλις</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>964e</span>; τὸ σύμπαν τῆς πόλεως κ. τείχεσιν ἠσφάλισται <span class="bibl">Plb.5.59.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">κ. ἀστέριον</b> starry [[vault]] of heaven, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.172.32</span>.</span>