κυψέλη
From LSJ
μοχθεῖν τε βροτοῖσ(ιν) άνάγκη → and you mortals must endure trouble (Euripides' Hippolytus 208)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A any hollow vessel: chest, box (whence Cypselus was called), Hdt.5.92.έ, Plu.2.164a, Paus.5.17.5; ἑξμέδιμνος κ., of a cornchest, Ar.Pax631; bee-hive, Plu.2.601c: metaph., κυψέλαι φρονημάτων boxes full of thoughts, Com.Adesp.703. II hollow of the ear, Poll.2.85, Hsch.: hence, 2 = κυψελίς 11, ear-wax, κυψέλην . . ἔχεις . . ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν, prov. of stupid men, Com.Adesp.620, cf. Eup. 213, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.63.
