κρίβανος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Att. for κλίβανος (which is called Dor. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>538.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epich.143</span>, and is the usu. form in Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.328</span> (iii B. C.), etc.), <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[covered earthen vessel]], wider at bottom than at top, wherein bread was baked by putting hot embers round it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span> (in form κλιβ-), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>309</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>86</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1153</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Antiph.176.5</span>; οὕτως εἰμὶ ὡς εἰς κρίβανον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1842.7</span> (vi A. D.); [[potter's oven]], PCair.Zen.271.9 (iii B. C., κλ-). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[funnel-shaped vessel]], used for drawing water, <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.13</span> (κλ-). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[underground channel]] or [[vaulted passage]], in irrigation works, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 7188.17</span> (ii B. C., κλ-). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[hollow]], [[cavern in a rock]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span> 2.22</span>.</span>