ἔλυτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[εἰλύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[covering]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[bow-case]], S.''Fr.''1043 (pl.); [[sheath]] of a [[spear]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1120; [[mirror-case]], IG2.706''A''b13; <b class="b3">χοᾶ ἐν ἐλύτρῳ</b> ib.11 (2).219''B''76 (Delos, iii B.C.); [[case]] of a [[shield]], D.S.20.11 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sheath]] of the [[spinal]] [[cord]], Hp.''Art.''45: the [[shard]] of a beetle's [[wing]], Arist.''HA''532a23; [[shell]] of a [[crab]], Ael.''NA''9.43; of the [[eyelid]]s, Arist. ''de An.''421b29; of the [[umbilical cord]], Id.''HA''586b23.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[husk]] or [[capsule]] of [[seed]]s, J.''AJ''3.7.6; the [[flower]]ing [[glume]] of [[ζέα]] [[δίκοκκος]], Dsc. 2.89.<br><span class="bld">4</span> the [[body]], as being the [[case]] or [[shell]] of the [[soul]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 588e, Poet. ap. Luc.''Demon.''44.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[reservoir for water]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.185,4.173, Paus.2.27.7, al.; [[tank]] for fish, Palaeph.27. (Cf. Skt. varútram 'cloak', varūtár- '[[protector]]'.) [ῠ Ar.l.c.]