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   A hollow, cavity, Arist.Spir.483b23, Mu.395b34 (pl.), Anon.Lond. 23.20 (pl.), Thphr.HP3.8.3 (pl.), Babr.86.1, Ruf.Onom.145; [τοῦ νώτου] PMag.Par.1.1846; τὰ κ. τῶν νεφῶν Epicur.Ep.2p.44U., cf. 1p.9U.    2 basin into which rivers discharge, Plb.4.39.2 (pl.), 8; bed of a torrent, Id.4.70.7: generally, of hollow places, low-lying land, LXX Ge.23.2, Agatharch.32; κ. ἔμβροχον BGU571.12 (ii A.D.); excavation, PPetr.2p.43 (pl., iii B.C.).    II ulcer on the cornea, Gal.14.773, Aët.7.29.    III Astrol., = ταπείνωμα, Paul.Al.A.2, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).243 (pl.).    IV metaph., τὰ κ. τῆς εὐτυχίας weak points in... Phld.Vit.p.12 J.