κιβωτός
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A box, chest, coffer, Hecat.368 J., Simon.239, Eup.228.4, Ar.Eq.1000, V.1056 (anap.), Lys.12.10, Thphr.Char.18.4, IG22.1388.73; κ. δίθυρος, τετράθυρος, ib.12.330; ἱερά, δημοσία κ., Inscr.Délos 442 A 2,75 (ii B.C.); Noah's ark, LXX Ge.6.14; the ark of Moses, ib.Ex.25.9(10), al.; πέπτωκεν εἰς κ. has been deposited in the archives, UPZ 126 (iii B.C.), etc.; opp. κίστη (q.v.). (Perh. a v.l. in Il.24.228, cf. Sch.adloc. Suid. cites κίβος as the radic. form.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1436] ἡ, hölzerner Kasten, Kiste, Schrank; Ar. Equ. 996 Vesp. 1056; Ath. III, 84 a u. Sp. Vgl. κίβος, κίβισις. [Spätere Dichter, wie Greg. Naz., brauchen ι kurz.]
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κῑβωτός: ἡ, ξύλινον κιβώτιον ἢ θήκη, Τουρκ. «σανδοῦκι», Ἑκαταῖ. 368, Σιμων. 240, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1000, Σφ. 1056, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 150Β. 22, κτλ. (Ὁ Σουΐδ. μνημονεύει τὴν λέξιν κίβος ὡς τὸν ἀρχικὸν τύπον· πιθ. συγγενὲς εἶναι καὶ τὸ θίβη). ῑ παρ’ Ἀριστοφ., ῐ πρῶτον παρὰ Γρηγ. Ναζ..
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
coffre, caisse, boîte.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt prob., pê sémit.
English (Strong)
of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah: ark.
English (Thayer)
κιβωτοῦ, ἡ (κιβος (cf. Suidas 2094e.)), a wooden chest, box (Hecataeus, 368 (Müller's Frag. i., p. 30), Simonides), Aristophanes, Lysias, Athen., Aelian, others): in the N. T., the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem, Philo, Josephus; the Sept. very often for אָרון); in the heavenly temple, Sept. for תֵּבָה).
