κοτύλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything hollow</b> (πᾶν τὸ κοῖλον κοτύλην ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοί Apollod. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.479a</span>, cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.22.494</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">small vessel, cup</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.22.494</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.312</span>, <span class="bibl">17.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.478d</span>: prov., <b class="b3">πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κοτύλης καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου</b> ib.e, <span class="bibl">Zen.5.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., = [[κοτύλων]], <span class="bibl">D.H.19.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">cup</b> or <b class="b2">socket</b> of a joint, esp. of the hip-joint, κατ' ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι <span class="bibl">Il.5.306s</span>q., cf. Hp.<span class="title">Loc.</span> <span class="title">Hom.</span>6, Gal.18(2).519; also, <b class="b2">socket</b> of the arm, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">liquid measure</b>, containing <span class="bibl">6</span> <b class="b3">κύαθοι</b> or a <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">2</span> <b class="b3">ξέστης</b>, i.e. nearly a <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">2</span> <b class="b2">pint</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">7.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>436</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἀττική, Αἰγινητική</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 7.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">dry measure</b>, ἀλφίτων . . τρεῖς χοίνικας κοτύλης δεούσας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>465</span>; ἀλφίτων κ. μίαν <span class="bibl">Alex.221.17</span>; prob. also a smaller measure, perh. = [[τρύβλιον, ὀξύβαφον]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">hollow of the hand</b>, Apollod. l. c., <span class="bibl">Poll.9.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.550.5</span>; cf. [[ἐγκοτύλη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> = [[κοτυληδών]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMar.</span>4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> in pl., <b class="b2">cymbals</b>, χαλκόδετοι κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>57.6</span> (anap.).</span>