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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[box]], [[chest]], [[coffer]], <span class="bibl">Hecat.368</span> J., <span class="bibl">Simon.239</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.228.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1000</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1056</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Lys.12.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>18.4</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1388.73; <b class="b3">κ. δίθυρος, τετράθυρος</b>, ib.12.330; <b class="b3">ἱερά, δημοσία κ</b>., <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 442 <span class="title">A</span> 2,75 (ii B.C.); Noah's [[ark]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>6.14</span>; the [[ark]] of Moses, ib.<span class="title">Ex.</span>25.9(10), al.; <b class="b3">πέπτωκεν εἰς κ</b>. has been deposited in the [[archives]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span> 126</span> (iii B.C.), etc.; opp. <b class="b3">κίστη</b> (q.v.). (Perh. a v.l. in <span class="bibl">Il.24.228</span>, cf. Sch.adloc. Suid. cites κίβος as the radic. form.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 2)<br />Meaning: [[wooden chest]], [[box]], [[cupboard]] (Hekat., Simon., Att.), also of Noah's ark and of the alliance (LXX).<br />Derivatives: Diminutives <b class="b3">κιβώτιον</b> (Ar., Arist.), <b class="b3">-ίδιον</b> (Delos IVa), <b class="b3">-άριον</b> (Hero).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Perh. cognate with <b class="b3">κίβισις</b> [[sack]] (s. v.); anyhow a foreign word of unknown origin. Semitic hypotheses in Lewy Fremdw. 99f. A shorter form <b class="b3">κίβος</b> (<b class="b3">κῖβος</b>?) in Suid. - From <b class="b3">κιβωτός</b> Syr. [[qēƀūthā]] and NPers. [[kēƀūt]] [[box]] (cf. Bailey Trans. Phil. Soc. 1933, 50). Here perh. also Lat. [[cibus]], s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - So prob. Pre-Greek.