κιβωτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, [[box]], [[chest]], [[coffer]], Hecat.368 J., Simon.239, Eup.228.4, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1000, ''V.''1056 (anap.), Lys.12.10, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''18.4, ''IG''22.1388.73; κιβωτός [[δίθυρος]], [[τετράθυρος]], ib.12.330; <b class="b3">ἱερά κιβωτός, δημοσία κιβωτός</b>, ''Inscr.Délos'' 442 ''A'' 2,75 (ii B.C.); [[Noah's ark]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''6.14; [[ark]], the [[ark of Moses]], ib.''Ex.''25.9(10), al.; <b class="b3">πέπτωκεν εἰς κιβωτόν</b> has been [[deposit]]ed in the [[archive]]s, ''UPZ'' 126 (iii B.C.), etc.; opp. [[κίστη]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]). (Perh. a [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Il.24.228, cf. Sch.adloc. Suid. cites [[κίβος]] as the radic. form.)