κύτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], εος, τό, ([[κύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], [[κύκλου]], of a shield, A.Th.495; ἀσπίδος E.Fr.185; θώρηκος Ar.Pax1224; περίπλευρον κύτος E.El.473 (lyr.); λέβητος Id.Cyc.399; τρίποδος Id.Supp.1202; κύλικος Pl.Com.189; λοπάδος Xenarch.1.10; [[hold]] of a ship, Plb.16.3.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[vessel]], [[jar]], A.Ag.322, 816, S.El.1142, etc.; [[πλεκτὸν κύτος]] [[basket]], E.Ion37; κοιλοσώματον κύτος Antiph.52.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of any [[hollow]] [[container]], τὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς κύτος Pl.Ti.45a; [[τὸ ὄπισθεν κύτος]] [[occiput]], Arist.PA56b26; [[τοῦ θώρακος τὸ κύτος]], i.e. the [[chest]], Pl.Ti.69e; ποδῶν κύτος Achae.4.4 (leg. [[πλευρῶν]]) ; τὸ ἄνω κύτος Arist.GA742b14 (also of plants, = αἱ [[ῥίζαι]], 741b35, al.); [[τὸ λοιπὸν ἅπαν κύτος]], of the [[uterus]], Gal.UP14.14, cf. Sor.1.9; of the [[fourth]] [[stomach]] of the [[ox]], Phlp.in AP0.417.14; [[τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς κύτος]], i.e. the [[body]], Pl.Ti.44a: hence, abs., [[body]], ἀνδρείῳ κύτει S.Tr.12; [[trunk]], διὰ παντὸς τοῦ κύτους Pl.Ti.74a; τὸ ἀπ' αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων κύτος Arist.HA 491a29, cf. PA686b14; τὸ ὅλον κύτος τοῦ σώματος D.S.1.35, cf. Archig. ap.Gal.13.262: metaph., of the [[πόλις]], Pl.Lg.964e; τὸ [[σύμπαν]] τῆς πόλεως κύτος τείχεσιν ἠσφάλισται Plb.5.59.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[κύτος ἀστέριον]] [[starry]] [[vault]] of [[heaven]], Vett.Val.172.32.