ληνός

English (LSJ)

Dor. λᾱνός Theoc.7.25, IG14.150.5 (Syracuse): ἡ:—

   A anything shaped like a tub or trough, Hp.Mochl.38; esp.    1 winevat in which the grapes are pressed, PCair.Zen.300.15 (iii B.C.), Theoc.7.25, 25.28, D.S.3.63.    2 trough, for watering cattle, watering-place for them, h.Merc.104, LXX Ge.30.38,41.    3 = κάρδοπος, kneading-trough, Men.116.    4 socket into which the mast fitted, = ἱστοπέδη, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath.11.474f, Poll.1.91.    5 coffin, Pherecr.5, CIG1979, al. (Thessalonica), IGl.c.    6 part of the brain, the meeting-point of the sinuses of the dura mater, still called torcular Herophili, Herophil. ap. Gal.2.712, cf. UP9.6.    7 hollow of a chariot, Hsch. (pl.).    8 in pl., the lower parts of the nose, Poll.2.80.