ἀγγεῖον: Difference between revisions

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