κύμβη

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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.