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|Definition=[ῠ], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], in Il. always of the [[breast-piece]] or [[back-piece]] of the [[cuirass]], [θώρηκα] γυάλοισιν ἀρηρότα Il.15.530: sg., usually of the [[front-piece]], 5.99, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[hollow]] of a vessel, κρατήρων γ. E.''IA''1052 (lyr.); [[hollow vessel]], χρυσοῦ γέμοντα γύαλα θησαυροὺς βροτῶν Id.''Andr.''1093 (v. infr. 4).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κοίλας πέτρας γ.</b> [[hollow]] of a [[rock]], S.''Ph.'' 1081 (lyr.); [[cavern]], πέτρινα [μύχατα] γύαλα E.''Hel.''189 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> pl., of [[hollow]] [[ground]], [[vale]]s, [[dell]]s, γυάλοις ὕπο Παρνησοῖο Hes.''Th.'' 499, cf. ''h.Ap.''396; Νύσης ''h.Hom.''26.5; γ. Θεράπνας Pi.''N.''10.56 (but γ. Πυθῶνος, Φοίβου Id.''P.''8.63, E.''Ph.''237 (lyr.), cf. ''Ion'' 245, S.''Fr.''460, may perhaps refer to the rock-chambers of Delphi, cf. <b class="b3">γύαλα· θησαυροί, ταμιεῖα</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], and so perhaps in E.''Andr.''1093 (v. supr.)); <b class="b3">Λύδιά τ' ἂγ γύαλα</b> throughout the [[vale]]s of [[Lydia]], A.''Supp.''550 (lyr.); γύαλα χώρας Ar.''Th.''110 (lyr.); [[αἰθέρια γύαλα]] the [[vault]] of [[heaven]], Opp.''C.'' 1.281, cf. Orph.''H.''19.16.