κοτυληδών
οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ → for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength
English (LSJ)
όνος, ἡ,
A any cup-shaped hollow or cavity: 1 in pl., suckers on the arms (πλεκτάναι) of the poulp or octopus, Od.5.433, in Ep. dat. πρὸς κοτυληδονόφιν, cf. Arist.HA524a2, PA685b3, Thphr.HP9.13.6, Ath.11.479b; also on the feet of the κάραβος, Arist.HA527a25: sg., Luc.Musc.Enc. 3. 2 in pl., cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascular connexious (in animals), Hp.Aph.5.45, Arist.GA745b33, al.: wrongly expld. as κοιλότητες . . ἐν αἷς τὴν ἀνατροφὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου γίνεσθαι Diocl.Fr.27, cf. Gal.2.905. 3 = κοτύλη 2, socket of the hip-joint, Ar.V.1495, Arist. HA493a24, Milet.6.22 (iii B. C.). 4 hollow of a cup, Nic.Al. 626. 5 plant, prob. navelwort, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Hp.Steril. 230, Nic.Th.681, Dsc.4.91, Gal.12.41; another species, C. sterilis, Dsc.4.92.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κοτῠληδών: -όνος, ἡ, πᾶσα κοιλότης ἔχουσα τὸ σχῆμα ποτηρίου· 1) ἐν τῷ πληθ., αἱ μυζητικαὶ θηλαὶ ἢ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πλεκτανῶν τοῦ πολύποδος, Ὀδ. Ε. 433, κατ’ Ἐπικ. δοτ., πρὸς κοτυληδονόφιν· πρβλ. Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 1. 9, π. Ζ. Μορ. 4. 9, 13, Ἀθήν. 479Β· ― ὡσαύτως, ἐπὶ τῶν ποδῶν τοῦ καράβου, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 2, 27. 2) ἐν τῷ πληθ. ὡσαύτως, ἀγγεῖά τινα κατὰ τὸ στόμιον τῆς μήτρας, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1254, Γαλην. Λεξ., Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 2. 7, 4, κ. ἀλλ.· πρβλ. Föes Oecon. 3) κοτύλη 2, ἡ κοιλότης, ἐν ᾗ κινεῖται ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 1495, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 13, 2. 4) τὸ κοίλωμα ποτηρίου, Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 547. 5) φυτόν τι, πιθαν. ὀμφαλοβοτάνη, Νικ. Θηρ. 681, Διοσκ. 4. 92.
