κυψέλη
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A any hollow vessel: chest, box (whence Cypselus was called), Hdt.5.92.έ, Plu.2.164a, Paus.5.17.5; ἑξμέδιμνος κ., of a cornchest, Ar.Pax631; bee-hive, Plu.2.601c: metaph., κυψέλαι φρονημάτων boxes full of thoughts, Com.Adesp.703. II hollow of the ear, Poll.2.85, Hsch.: hence, 2 = κυψελίς 11, ear-wax, κυψέλην . . ἔχεις . . ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν, prov. of stupid men, Com.Adesp.620, cf. Eup. 213, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.63.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1539] ἡ (vgl. κύπη), jede Höhlung, bes. die Ohrhöhle, auch das darin befindliche Schmalz, VLL. Vgl. κύφελλον. – Gefäß, Kasten, Kiste, Her. 5, 92; vgl. Paus. 5, 17, 5 τὰς λάρνακας οἱ τότε ἐκάλουν Κορίνθιοι κυψέλας, bes. geflochtener Bienenkorb, Plut., VLL.; auch zu Getreide, von Thon, Ar. Pax 631, ἀγγεῖον εἰς ἀπόθεσιν πυρῶν, u. dah. übertr., κυψέλαι φρονημάτων, bei B. A. 47, 15, οἷον θῆκαι φρονήσεως.
