κοιλία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κοιλίη]], ἡ, ([[κοῖλος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cavity]] of the [[body]], i.e. [[thorax]] with [[abdomen]], Hp.''Art.''46 (including [[ἡ ἄνω κοιλία]] = [[thorax]], [[ἡ κάτω κοιλία]] = [[abdomen]], acc. to Gal.15.896); [[τὰ κατὰ κοιλίαν νουσήματα]] = [[diseases of the thoracic cavity]], Hp.''Aff.''6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[belly]], [[abdomen]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.87, ''IG''42(1).122.32 (Epid.), etc.: specified as ἡ κάτω κοιλία Ar.''Ra.''485, Hp.''Ulc.''3, Pl.''Ti.''73a, 85e, Arist.''Somn.Vig.''456a3, ''PA''650a13, etc.; opp. [[ἡ ἄνω κοιλία]], [[stomach]], Pl.''Ti.''85e, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''l.c.; [[κοιλία]] alone freq. = [[stomach]], Id.''HA'' 489a2, etc.; of birds, Id.''PA''674b22; also, [[paunch]] or [[rumen]] of animals, Id.''HA''507b5: hence, of gluttons, δουλεύειν τῇ ἑαυτῶν κ. ''Ep.Rom.''16.18, cf. ''Ep.Phil.''3.19.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[intestines]], κ. κείνη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.40, cf. 86,92, etc.; of animals, [[κοιλία ὑεία]] = [[pig's tripe]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''356; κοιλίας ἥμισυ ''SIG''1025.51 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.): pl., [[tripe and puddings]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''160, ''Pl.''1169.<br><span class="bld">b</span> phrases, [[κοιλίαν σκληρὰν ἔχειν]] to [[be costive]], Theopomp.Com.62.2; κατὰ κοιλίαν νοσεῖν ''Com.Adesp.''730; [[τὴν κοιλίαν λύειν]] to [[relax the bowels]], Arist. ''Pr.''863b29, 864b14; αἱ κοιλίαι λύονται, ἀναλύονται, ib.947b13, ''GA''728a15; εὔλυτοί [εἰσι] Id.''Pr.''876b31; ἐὰν ἡ κ. στῇ Id.''HA''588a7; κ. καταρραγεῖσα Hp.''Coac.''126; [οἶνος] κοιλίας [[μαλακτικός]], κοιλίας ἐφεκτικά, Mnesith. ap.Ath.1.33b, 2.59c; κοιλίαν [[ἐκλύειν]], κοιλίαν [[ὑπάγειν]], κοιλίαν [[μαλάσσειν]], Dsc.2.72, 163, 171; κ. ῥέουσαι [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]5.41.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[excrement]], esp.in pl., κ. συνεστηκυῖαι = [[excrement]]s of [[firm]] [[consistency]], Hp.Aër.10; opp. κ. ἐφυγραινόμεναι Id.''Epid.''1.10; κ. ὑγρή Id.''Prorrh.''1.38; στερεὴ κοιλία, σκληρὴ κοιλία, Id.Acut.(Sp.) 56, ''Epid.''4.23; [[οὔρησις]] καὶ κοιλίη [[μετρίως]] [[ἀχρόως]] ibid.<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[cavity]] in the body, [[ventricle]], [[chamber]], as in the [[lung]]s, [[heart]], [[liver]], [[brain]], κ. αἱ τὸ πνεῦμα δεχόμεναι καὶ προπέμπουσαι Id.''Art.''41; ἡ δὲ [[καρδία]] ἔχει μὲν τρεῖς κ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''496a4, cf. 513a27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[socket]] of a [[bone]], Hp.''Art.''61.<br><span class="bld">3</span> supposed cavities inside the [[muscle]]s, Erasistr. ap. Gal.4.375, 707, Antyll. ap.Orib.8.6.30, 7.9.4; cf. [[νηδύς]].<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[womb]], Hp.''Mul.''1.38, al., ''Ev.Jo.''3.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> any [[hollow]] or [[cavity]], in the [[earth]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''349b4, 350b23, al.; in the clouds, ib.369b2, al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> perhaps [[fingertip]], Aret. ''SD''1.8 (pl.).