ἔλυτρον

English (LSJ)

τό, (εἰλύω)

   A couering:    1 bow-case, S.Fr.1043 (pl.); sheath of a spear, Ar.Ach.1120; mirror-case, IG2.706Ab13; χοᾶ ἐν ἐ. ib.11 (2).219B76 (Delos, iii B.C.); case of a shield, D.S.20.11 (pl.).    2 sheath of the spinal cord, Hp.Art.45: the shard of a beetle's wing, Arist.HA532a23; shell of a crab, Ael.NA9.43; of the eye-lids, Arist. de An.421b29; of the umbilical cord, Id.HA586b23.    3 husk or capsule of seeds, J.AJ3.7.6; the flowering glume of ζέα δίκοκκος, Dsc. 2.89.    4 the body, as being the case or shell of the soul, Pl.R.588e, Poet. ap. Luc.Demon.44.    5 reservoir for water, 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.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 803] τό (ἐλύω), Hülle, Futteral; τὸ ἔξω ἔλυτρον Plat. Rep. IX, 588 e; τοῦ δόρατος Ar. Ach. 1120; τῶν ἀσπίδων D. Sic. 20, 11 u. Sp.; τοῦ ὕδατος, Wasserbehälter, Cisterne, Her. 1, 185; ὑδάτων 4, 173, vgl. 1, 185; – die Flügeldecke der Insekten, Arist. H. A. 4, 7; Poll. 2, 69; die Schale des Krebses, Ael. N. A. 9, 43; Hülfe, Schale von Früchten, Diosc. u. A.; der Körper als Hülle der Seele, Luc. Demon. 44.