κοῖλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Aeol.and Ion. [[κοίϊλος]], prob. in <span class="bibl">Alc.15.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Mimn.12.6</span>; κόϊλος, α, ον, <span class="bibl">Anacr.9</span> (Comp. -ώτερα), cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>87.5</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.927</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], Hom.mostly as epith. of ships, κ. νῆες <span class="bibl">Il.1.26</span>, al. (later <b class="b3">κ. ναῦς</b> [[hold]] of the ship, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.119</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.6.19</span>, <span class="bibl">D.32.5</span>; so <b class="b3">ἡ κ</b>. alone, <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Callix.1</span>; τὰ κ. <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.107</span>); <b class="b3">κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ</b>, of the Trojan horse, <span class="bibl">Od.4.277</span>, <span class="bibl">8.507</span>; κ. σπέος <span class="bibl">12.93</span>; κ. πέτρα <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1081</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κ. κάπετος</b>, of a grave, <span class="bibl">Il.24.797</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1165</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>1205</span>; κ. τάφρος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>898</span> (anap.); κ. νάρθηξ <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>52</span>; ἄχερδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1596</span>; <b class="b3">κ. φλέψ</b> [[vena cava]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>3</span>, Gal. 2.786, 4.668; σφόνδυλος κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>616d</span>; of vessels, ἀγγήϊα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.2</span>; κρατήρ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1593</span>; ζύγαστρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>692</span>; κύλικος… κοῖλον κύτος Pl. Com.189; <b class="b3">κ. ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός</b> silver and gold [[plate]], Theopomp. Hist.283a, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>378</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1350b23</span>, etc.; κ. ἐκκοπεύς Gal.10.445; <b class="b3">νόμισμα κ</b>. dub. sens. in Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>11.18</span>; [[sunk]], γράψαι εἰς σανίδα κοῖλα γράμματα <span class="title">SIG</span>1011.15 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Longin.<span class="title">Rh.</span>p.199</span> H. (but <b class="b3">κ. γραμμή</b> [[curved]] line, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>75.15</span>); <b class="b3">ἀλέαν εἰς τὸ θύρωμα κοίλαν</b> [[curved]] canopy, <span class="title">Rev.Arch.</span>22.63 (Callatis, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">κ. ὑποδήματα</b> boots that reach to mid-leg, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>6.23</span> (κοῖλα ποσσὶν ὑποδέδεσθε <span class="bibl">Ezek.<span class="title">Exag.</span>181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.7.84</span>); <b class="b3">κ. δέμνια</b> [[empty]] bed, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>901</span>; <b class="b3">κ. χείρ</b>, of a beggar, <span class="title">AP</span>12.212 (Strat.); κ. ἱστίον <span class="bibl">Poll.1.107</span>; <b class="b3">κοῖλος μήν</b> [[short]] month, <span class="bibl">Gem.8.3</span>, cf. κοιλοποιέομαι, κοῖλος <span class="bibl">11.3</span>: Comp., -ότερος ὁλμοῦ <span class="bibl">Epich.81</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of Places, [[lying in a hollow]] or [[forming a hollow]], <b class="b3">κ. Λακεδαίμων</b> [[the vale of]] L., <span class="bibl">Od.4.1</span>; κ. Θεσσαλίη <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.129</span>; κ. Ἄργος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>378</span>, <span class="bibl">1387</span>; Αὐλίδος κ. μυχοί <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IA</span>1600</span>; κ. τόποι <span class="bibl">Plb.3.18.10</span>: as pr.n., K. [[Συρία]] the district between Lebanon and Anti Lebanon, <span class="bibl">Id.1.3.1</span>, etc.; [[τὰ]] K. τῆς Εὐβοίης <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.13</span>; ἡ K. the [[valley]] of the Ilissus, name of Attic deme, <span class="bibl">Id.6.103</span>, etc.: Comp., κοιλότερα τῆς κάτωθεν χώρας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>352b33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">κ. λιμήν</b> harbour [[lying between high cliffs]], <span class="bibl">Od.10.92</span>; <b class="b3">κ. αἰγιαλός</b> [[embayed]] beach, <span class="bibl">22.385</span>; ἐν τῷ κ. καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος <span class="bibl">Th.7.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">κ. ὁδός</b> [[hollow]] way, <span class="bibl">Il.23.419</span>; κ. ἄγυια <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">κ. ποταμός</b> a river [[nearly empty]] of water, <span class="bibl">Th.7.84</span>; τοῦ ποταμοῦ κοίλου ῥυέντος Socr. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.9.388a</span>; but <b class="b3">κ. ποταμός</b> [[with deep bed]], <span class="bibl">Plb.21.37.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">τὰ κ. καὶ τὰ δασέα</b> [[ravines]] grown with copsewood, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>325</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. ἅλς, θάλασσα</b>, the sea [[full of hollows]], i.e. [[with a heavy swell]] on, <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.595</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.60.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">κ. νοσήματα</b> [[internal]] complaints, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>3.44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of the voice, [[hollow]], <b class="b3">κόχλον ἑλὼν μυκήσατο</b> κοῖλον <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.75</span> (though here [[κοῖλον]] may agree with [[κόχλον]]) ; φθέγγεσθαι κ. καὶ βαρύ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ner.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.38</span>; ὁ -ότατος τῶν φθόγγων <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Philos., [[hollow]], [[empty]], [[void of content]], <b class="b3">αἱ κ. ἐνέργειαι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">αἱ ἀμείνους</b>, <span class="bibl">Herm.<span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.170A.</span>: more freq.in Comp., <b class="b3">κοιλοτέρα θεωρία, ζωή</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">pp.67,68</span>A.; <b class="b3">τὰ -ότερα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ὑπέρτερα</b>, ib.p.143 A., cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>96</span>; <b class="b3">χωρῶν πρὸς τὸ κ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">379</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἡμέραν κ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> [[allow payments to lapse]] for a day (cf. κοιλαίνω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1136.5</span> (i B.C.); <b class="b3">οὐδεμίαν δόσιν κ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1146.15</span> (i B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[concave]], <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ κυρτόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 222b3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1102a31</span>; κοῖλα καὶ ἐσέχοντα <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.20</span>; of military formations, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>11.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bending]], [[yielding]], κλῇθρα <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1262</span>; σταθμὰ θυράων <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Subst. [[κοῖλον]], [[τό]], [[hollow]], [[cavity]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>109b</span>, al.; esp. of [[cavities]] in the body, τὰ κ. γαστρός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1411</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. [τῆς καρδίας</b>] the [[ventricles]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>496a13</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ. τῶν νεφρῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">497a11</span>; τὸ τῶν χειρῶν κ. Apollod. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath. 11.479a</span>; τὸ κ. τοῦ… ποδός <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.48</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">τὸ κ. τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι</b> to show 'a clean pair of heels', Hsch.; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τοῦ προσώπου</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.119</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>9</span> codd. (sed leg. [[κύλα]]) <b class="b3">; τὰ κ</b>. alone, [[hollows of the side]], [[flanks]], like [[κενεών]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>630a3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κοῖλος· θυρεών, οὐκ ἔχων θύρας</b>, Hsch.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[κοῖλος]], η, ον<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[hollow]], hollowed, epith. of ships, [[which]] in [[early]] times were hollowed out of trees, Hom.; [[later]], [[κοίλη]] [[ναῦς]] was the [[hold]] of the [[ship]], Hdt., Xen.; so, ἡ [[κοίλη]] [[alone]], Theocr.:—of the [[Trojan]] [[horse]], κ. [[λόχος]], κ. [[δόρυ]] Od.; κ. [[κάπετος]], of a [[grave]], Il.; κ. δέμνια, of the bed [[when]] no one is in it, Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Places, [[lying]] in a [[hollow]] or forming a [[hollow]], [[κοίλη]] [[Λακεδαίμων]] the [[vale]] of L., Od.; κ. [[Θεσσαλία]] Hdt.; κ. [[Ἄργος]] Soph.; τὰ [[Κοῖλα]] τῆς Εὐβοίας Hdt.; ἡ Κοιλή the [[valley]] of the [[Ilissus]], Hdt.:— κ. [[λιμήν]] of a [[harbour]] [[lying]] [[between]] [[high]] cliffs, Od.; κ. [[αἰγιαλός]] an embayed [[beach]], Od.:— κ. [[ὁδός]] a [[hollow]] way, Il.:— κ. [[ποταμός]] a [[river]] [[nearly]] [[empty]] of [[water]], Thuc. (so Virgil, [[cava]] flumina): metaph. of the [[voice]], [[hollow]], μυκάσατο κοῖλον Theocr.; φθέγγεσθαι κοῖλον Luc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as Subst. κοῖλον, ου, τό, a [[hollow]], [[cavity]], [[ravine]], Plat.; like [[κοιλία]], of the cavities in the [[body]], τὰ κ. γαστρός Eur.; also, ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος Thuc.