κίστη
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A basket, hamper, Od.6.76, Ar.Ach.1098, al., Thphr.HP 5.7.5, al., PCair.Zen.430.11, al. (iii B.C.), Euph.9, Call.Hec.1.2.13 (κείστη), etc.; writing-case, desk, Ar.V.529; voting-urn, Notiz.Arch. 4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.); = ἀγγεῖον πλεκτόν, Hsch.; made of bark, Thphr.ll.cc.: hence distd. fr. κιβωτός, Ammon.Diff.p.81 V.
