hollow
From LSJ
νοεῖν γάρ ἐστι κρεῖττον καὶ σιγὴν ἔχειν → it's better, you see, to understand and yet say nothing (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
adjective
P. and V. κοῖλος, V. κοιλωπός, κοιλογάστωρ.
Met., emply, vain: P. and V. κενός, μάταιος.
unsound: P. and V. ὕπουλος, σαθρός.
a hollow truce: P. ὕποπτος ἀνοκωχή, ἡ (thuc).
substantive
dell: P. and V. νάπη, ἡ (Plato and Xen. but rare P.), νάπος, τό (Xen. but rare P.), ἄγχος. τό (Xen. but rare P.). Ar. and V. γύαλα, τά, αὐλών, ἡ (Sophocles, Fragment).
hollows, cavities.: P. and V. κοῖλα, τά.
the hollow (of anything): Ar. and V. κύτος, τό (gen.), P. and V. τὰ κοῖλα (gen.), P. τὰ ἔγκοιλα (gen.).
