κοιλαίνω

English (LSJ)

aor.

   A ἐκοίληνα Hdt.2.73; Att. ἐκοίλᾱνα Th.4.100:—Med., Ep. aor. κοιλήνατο Nonn.D.12.332:—Pass., aor. ἐκοιλάνθην Hp.Epid.7.52: pf. κεκοίλασμαι Id.Medic.11; -αμμαι EM233.51: (κοῖλος):—hollow, scoop out, τὸ ᾠόν Hdt. l.c.; πέτρην κοιλαίνει ῥανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ Choeril.10; κ. δένδρα, of the woodpecker, Arist.HA614b14; κ. χῶμα, i.e. dig a grave, Theoc.23.43; κ. τὰς χεῖρας Ath.11.479a; κ. ὄμματα APl.4.142, cf. Opp.H.4.19:—Pass., to be or become hollow, ἔντοσθε, of ulcers, Hp.Medic.l.c.; ὀφθαλμοὶ κ. Id.Acut.30; κ. κατὰ τὸν κενεῶνα καὶ κατὰ τὰ ἄρθρα Id.Art.52; of poor timber, go into holes, Thphr.HP3.12.1.    II make empty, make poor, Lyc.772.    2 allow to lapse, of payments, BGU1156.18 (i B.C.), PSI4.287.16 (iv A.D.), etc.