κοῖλος: Difference between revisions

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