κρίβανος: Difference between revisions

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