κίστη
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος → that pollution never wears out, that pollution can never grow old
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A basket, hamper, Od.6.76, Ar.Ach.1098, al., Thphr.HP 5.7.5, al., PCair.Zen.430.11, al. (iii B.C.), Euph.9, Call.Hec.1.2.13 (κείστη), etc.; writing-case, desk, Ar.V.529; voting-urn, Notiz.Arch. 4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.); = ἀγγεῖον πλεκτόν, Hsch.; made of bark, Thphr.ll.cc.: hence distd. fr. κιβωτός, Ammon.Diff.p.81 V.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1443] ἡ, Kasten, Kiste; μήτηρ δ' ἐν κίστῃ ἐτίθει μενοεικέ' ἐδωδήν Od. 6, 76; zu Kleidern, Ar. Equ. 1211 Th. 284 u. öfter; Sp., wie Paul. Sil. (VI, 654), μελανδόκος.
