κοτύλη: Difference between revisions

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