ἀγγεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἀγγήιον]], τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[vessel]] for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο . . ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς . . ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>287e</span>); of [[metal]], <b class="b3">ἀργύρεα ἀγγεῖα</b> = [[silver]] [[jar]]s or [[vase]]s for [[water]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.188</span>; ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χαλκᾶ ἀγγεῖα Plu.2.695b; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγγείῳ χαλκῷ</b> [[mortar]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>60</span>; <b class="b3">ξύλινα ἀγγεῖα</b> = [[tub]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.2</span>; [[vessels]] for [[hold]]ing [[money]], in a [[treasury]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.121</span>.<b class="b3">β'</b>; for [[mason]]s' use, <span class="bibl">Th.4.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὀστράκινα ἀγγεῖα</b> <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.193</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">La.</span>4.2</span>; [[pail]]s or [[bucket]]s used by [[firemen]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>20</span>; [[sack]]s of [[leather]], θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀγγεῖα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 6.4.23</span>; τὰς ῥαφὰς τῶν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>16</span>; for [[corn]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>42.25</span>; for [[wine]], LXX I <span class="title">Ki.</span>25.18; for [[bread]], I <span class="title">Ki.</span>9.7; [[box]] for petitions, <span class="title">PTaur.</span> I ii 6 (ii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[receptacle]], [[reservoir]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 845e</span>; [[bed]] of the [[sea]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>111a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[coffin]], [[sarcophagus]], IG 12(2).494 (Lesbos), <span class="title">BSA</span>17.227 (Pamphyl.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of the human or animal body, [[vessel]], [[cavity]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>521b6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>680b33</span>; of the veins, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>511b17</span>, al.; the [[lung]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>787b3</span>; the [[female]] [[breast]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>692a12</span>; [[afterbirth]], <span class="bibl">Sor.2.57</span>; of plants, [[capsule]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.11.1</span>:—later, the [[body]] itself, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.3.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Secund. <span class="title">Sent.</span>7</span>.</span>