κύμβη
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English (LSJ)
(A), ἡ,
A hollow of a vessel: drinking-cup, bowl, Nic.Al.164, 389, Th.948, Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath.11.483a; = ὀξύβαφον, Hsch. II boat, S.Fr.127; Phoenician acc. to Plin.HN7.208. III knapsack, wallet, Hsch. (Cf. κύμβος.)
κύμβη (B), ἡ,
A = κύβη, head, EM545.27: hence, a kind of bird, perh. tumbler-pigeon (cf. κύμβαχος), πτεροβάμονες κύμβαι Emp.20.7.
