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A Greek-English lexicon / compiled by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott.

  • Liddell, Henry George, 1811-1898.
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    κντρα 49ι&29> c^· FA686bi4 ; rb 'όλον κ. τού σώματος D.S.i.35> cf. Archig. ap.Gal.13.262 : metaph., of the πόλίϊ, Pl.Z-_g-.964e ; rb σόμπαν της πόλεως κ. τείχεσιν ήσφάλισται Plb.5.59·®* 4- κ· άστεριον starry vault of heaven, Vett.Val.i 72.32. κύτρα, Sicil. for χύτρα, Greg.Cor.p.341 S. κυττάρ-ιον [a], τό, Dim. of κύτταρος, Arist.G^76ob34, 77oa2 9· -ov, t6, = sq., Ar. 77z.5i6 (nisi leg. κύτταρος). -os, ό, cell of a honey¬ comb, Id.F.im, Arist.Z/^i55ib5, 554&ι8,555λι. 2. pit in the receptacle of Nelumbium specie sum, Thphr.ZZPf.S.7. b. male flower of the pine, ib.3.3.8, 3.7.3. C. = έχίιws hi. 1, των δρυών οί κ., Hsch. 3. metaph., τούρανού τδν κ. the pinnacle of the dome of heaven, Ar. Pax 199. κνττοί, ol, receptacles, Hsch. κΰφϋγωγ-έω, carry the neck arched (v. sq.), Lib.Zfcc/. 31.15. -os Ίππος, ό, a horse that goes with the neck arched, X.Eq. 7.10. κυφαλα, τά, etym. of κύμβαλα, -£'21/545.33. κϋφάλε'ος, a, ov, poet, for κυφός, AP6.297 (Phan.). Κυφαρκτσ-ία, ή, — Κυπap~, epith. of Artemis Agrotera, IG$(i). 977(Lacon.). -ivos, = κυπ~, ib.4.15S8.7 (Aegina, v b.c.). -ίτάς [«], a, &, epith. of Pan, PC//27.295 (Crete). κυφελλα [δ], τά, (cf. κύπελλον) :—only in Alexandrian Poets, 1. hollows of the ears, Lyc.1402. 2. clouds of mist, Call.ZV.300 ; κ. Ιών clouds of arrows, Lyc.1426. κύφερον ?) κυφήν’ κεφαλήν (Cret.), Hsch. κΰφι, εος, and εως,τό, an Egyptian compound incense, Dsc.r.25, Plu. 2.372d, 384b, Gal.13.199, Damocr.ap.eund.14.117 :—freq. written κοΐφι, Ath.2.66f, Aristid.0^.47(23).26 (κοιφϊ), PMag.Lond.46.221, 121.538. κΰφο-γε'ρων, οντος, ό, old man bent with age, Steph. in Hp. 2.276 D. —ειδής, ες, of the nature or quality of κΰφι, Androm.ap.Gal. 13.198, Archig.ap,Aet.i6.88. -vojtos, ov, crook-backed, Antiph. 217.18. -ομαι, Pass., have curvature of the spine, Up.Art.41; κυφοΰται ράχις ibid., cf. Gal.7.782. κυφός, ή, όν, (κύπτω, κεκϋφα) bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked, %ς δη γήραϊ κ. εην καί μύρια ηδη Od.2.l6 ; κ. άνήρ, πρεσβύτης, Ax.Ach. 703» Z-V. 266 ; σφόνδυλοι ελκονται ες τδ κ., in curvature of the spine, Hp.y4rt.41; τρίγλαι κ. Epieh.64 ; freq. of shrimps, from their form, Eub.m, Matro Co«i;.64, yi.P5.184 (Asclep.); των καρίδων at κυφαί shrimps, e. g. Palaemon squilla, AxisLHA^^i, cf. 549bi 2 ; of birds, Id.Z^7iobi8; also ύπό κ. άροτρον ZG14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. κό¬ φων I. II. curved, round, of a cup, Ath. 11.482ε. κΰφος, eos, τό, hump, hunch, Hdn.Gr. 1.225, Aet.ap.Phot.Z?i0/. p. 180 B.. II. = κύπελλον, P/I/549.8. κΰφ-ότης, ητος, η, a being bent or humpbacked, Hid.6.11. II. rotundity, Ath. 11.482ε. -ω, = κύπτω, κύφοντα όφθαλμοΐς with downcast eyes, Lxx Jb.22.29. -ωμα, ατος, τό, hump on the back, Hp.yi7tf.4i (sg. and pi.); κυφώματα σπονδύλων Ruf.ap.Orib.45.30. 43. -ων, ωνος, δ, (κυφός) crooked piece of wood, bent yoke of the plough, Thgn.1201: κύφωνες, ol, two bars in the frame of a chariot, Poll.1.143. II. pillory, εν τφ κ. αυχένα εχειν Cratin.i 15, cf. Ar. OG/483.177 (Pergam.). 2. one who has had his neck in the pillory, knave, Archil. 178, Luc. Pseudol.i'j. III. part of a woman’s dress, Posidipp.44. IV. Archit., curved beam, Ζ(?42(ι).ιο2.224, al. (Epid., iv b.c.). V. part of a water-wheel, PLond.3. 1177.213 (ii a. d.). -ώνιον, τό, a kind of salve, Alex.Trall. 1.10. -ωνισμός, δ, punishment by the κόφων, Sch.Ar.P/.476. -ωσις, εα>5, η, being humpbacked, Hp.yirt.41,47 (pi.), Gal. 18(1).74. κυχραμος, δ, a bird that migrates with quails, perhaps corn-crake, Rallus crex, or water-rail, Rallus aquaticus, Arist.//yi 597bi7 (vv.ll. κέχραμος, κίχραμος). κυψάλη, η, = sq., ^5/4.358-8 (iii b. c.). κυψε'λη, ή, any hollow vessel: chest, box (whence Cypselus was called), Hdt.5.92^', Plu.2.i64a, Paus.5.17.5 ; εξμέδιμνος κ., of a corn- chest, Ar.Pa.v631; bee-hive, Plu.2.601c : metaph., κυψελαι φρονη¬ μάτων boxes full of thoughts, Com.Adesp. 703. II. hollow of the ear, Poll.2.85, Hsch.: hence, 2. = κυψελίς π, ear-wax, κυψέλην.. εχεις. .εν τοΐς ώσίν, prov. of stupid men, Com.Adesp.620, cf. Eup. 213, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.63. Κυψελίδαν, ol, descendants of Cypselus, Thgn.894, Hdt.6.128, PI. Phdr. 236b. κυψελ-ιον, τό, Dim. of κυψέλη i, bee-hive, Arist. HA62jb2. —is, ίδος,η, = foreg., of swallows’ or sand-martins’ nests, ib.618*34. II. wax in the ears, Ruf.O/rom.223, Aret.SPi. 15, Luc.Z-^a-.i, Lib.ZW. 26.35 ·—a^so -ίτης ρύπος, δ, EA1$49.24. κυψελόβυστος, ον, (βύω) stopped up with wax, ώτα Luc. Lex. 1. κύψελος, δ, = άπους π, Arist.HA6 1 8*3 1. 2. κύψελον' κύβερτον μελισσών, Hsch. II. =κυψελίς II, Tz.H.S.igg. κυω, post-Hom. form of κυε'ω (aor. 1 in Ερ., ν. infr. 11) : I. in pres, and impf.. of females, conceive, Αάβδα κύει τεξει δε κτλ. Orac.ap. Hdt.5.92·^', cf. Ar.Pr.609, Pl.Z-_g-.789e, etc.; κύω μήνα όγδοον %δη Luc. DMeretr.2.1 ; κ. από τίνος Id. Gall. 19 : metaph., κύει πόλις ήδε Thgn.39· 2. rarely c. acc., to be pregnant with, ούδε κύουσι πολλά κυήματα Arist.//yi543b22 > παιδίον Luc.DMeretr.2.4: metaph., ή ψυχή μου άεϊ τούτο κύουσα (al. κυοΰσα) διήγεν X.Cyr.5.4-35 :—Pass., to be borne in the womb, τά κυόμενα παιδία Arist.Pr.86oa21, Jul.Or.2. 99c. II. in aor. Act. εκύσα, causal, of the male, impregnate, me¬ taph., όμβρος εκυσε γαΐαν A.Pr.44.4 :—aor. Med. εκύσάμην, of the female, conceive, ots τεκε κυσαμενη Hes. Th. 125, cf. 405, h.Hom. 1.4; κωβαλοό Ζηνί by Zeus, AsmsFr.Ep. 1.3 Κ. ; άσσους ..Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ Euph. ιΐ2.—The forms κυεω and κύω seem synonymous, but κυεω (κυώ) is the better-attested form in Att. Prose (κύοντα only v. 1. in PI. ZA/.i5ib, κύοντες is read in Arist.//^544ft23 (v.l. κύονες, ποιοΰντες), κύοντα ib.585*3,κυάμεναίν. 1. -ούμενα)Ρν. 1. c., κυόμενον(ν. 1. -ούμενον) GA 73Qb4> t>ut κυοΰντες HA6iob3; ε’κύομενΕχχ/5.59.ΐ3).—The pres. κύω has ΰ in verse, but forms of κϋεω can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aor. εκύσα. κΰων [ϋ], δ and ή, both in Horn., the masc. more freq., gen. κύνός, dat. κύνί, acc. κύνα, voc. κύον II.8.423, κύων Archipp.6 : pi., nom. κύνες, gen,κυνών, dat. κυσί II.I 7*272, al., Ερ. κύνεσσι 1.4, acc. κύνας :—dog, bitch, Horn., etc. ; of shepherds' dogs, II.10.183,12.303 ; watch-dogs, 22.66 ; but in Horn, more freq. of hounds, II.8.338, al.; κυσί θηρευτήσι II.325 ; κύνε είδότε θήρης 10.360; later, when of hounds, mostly in fern., S.Aj.8, E.Hipp.\8, etc.; κ. Αάκαινα Pi.Pr.106, S. 1. c., X. CjyM.io.i, cf. Arist.ZM6o8a27, al.; Μολοττικαί κ. AlexisHist.ap. Ath.12.540d, etc.; but ’Ινδικοί Arist.GA746*34,cf. Hdt.i. 192 : prov., κυσ'ιν πεινώσιν ούχΐ βρώσιμα ‘not fit for a dog’, Com.Adesp. 1205.4; χείρον ερεθίσαι γραΰν ή κύνα Men.8o2 ; κύνα δερειν δεδαρμενην ‘flog a dead horse’, Pherecr. 179 ; ή κ. κατακειμενη εν τη φάτνη ‘dog in the manger’, Luc.Zwof.30, al.; χαλεπόν χορίω κύνα γεύσαι it’s ill to let a dog ‘ taste blood ’, Theoc.io.n ; νή or μά rbv κύνα was a favourite oath of Socrates, PI. Ap. 22a (ci. Sch.), Gr^-.482b ; used familiarly at Athens, Ar.P.83; οϊς ήν μέγιστος ‘όρκος, .κύων, επειτα χήν' θεούς δ’ εσιγων, of primitive men, Cratin.231. II. as a word of reproach, freq. in Horn, of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; ap¬ plied by Helen to herself, 11.6.344,356 ; by Iris to Athena, 8.423; by Hera to Artemis, 21.481 : of the maids in the house of Odysseus, Od.18.338, al.: later, in a coarse sense, Ar. P. 1402 ; ή ραψιρδός κ., of the Sphinx, S.OP391, cf. A.Pr.236 (lyr.) ; of men, κακαϊ κ. II. 13.623 ; implying recklessness, 8.299,527, Od. 17.248, 22.35 ; a'so of offensive persons, compared to yapping dogs, LxxPs.2i(22).i 7, Ep.Phil.3.2 ; κ. λαίθαργος, = λαθροδήκτης, metaph., of a person, S.ZV.885, cf. E. Fr.555: prov., μή δώτε τό άγιον τοϊς κ. Εν.Matt.7.6. 2. metaph., of persons, watch-dog, guardian, τών σταθμών κ., of Agamemnon, A. Ag. 896; δωμάτων κ., of Clytemnestra, ib. 607, cf.Ar.Z^. 1023. 3. of theCynics, άρεσκει τούτοις κυνών μεταμφιεννυσθαι βίον Phld.Sto.Herc. 339-8: hence, Cynic philosopher, Arist./?/r. 141 ia2 4,-<4Z:’7.65(Antip.), 413 (Id.), Plu.2.717c, Ath.5.216b, Epigr.ap.D.L.6.19,60, Baillet Inscriptionsdestombeauxdesrois 172. III. freq. in Mythology of the servants, agents or watchers of the gods, Αιός πτηνος κύων, of the eagle, A.Pr.1022, cf. Ag. 136 (lyr.), 5.7^.884 ; of the griffins, Ζηνός άκραγεις κ. A./V.803 ; of the Furies, μετάδρομοι. ,πανουργημάτων άφυκτοικ. S.El. 1388 (lyr.), cf. A.C/1.924, E.ZV.383; Pan is the κυαιν of Cybele, Pi.ZV.96 : Pythag., Περσεφόνης κύνες, of the planets, Arist. ZV.196 : so Com.. Ήφαιστου κ., of sparks, Alex.149.16 ; of various mythical beings, as Cerberus, κ. Άΐδαο II.8.368, cf. Od.11.623, X. An.6.2.2; Harpies, A.R.2.289; of Hecate, in Mithraic worship, Povph.Absl.4.16 ; of the Βάκχαι, Αύσσας κ. E.Zto.977 (lyr.) ; Αερνας κ., of the hydra, Id.ZZZ4.20 (lyr.); of a great fish, Tρίτωνος κ. Lyc. Arist.ZZzi566a3i ; κ. άγριος, κ. γαλεός and κ. κεντρίτης or κεντρίνη, Ορρ./Ζ.ΐ·373; Ael.A^Ii.55 ; ξιφίας κ., of the swordfish, Anaxipp. 2.3. V.= σείριος (q.v.), dog-star, i.e. the hound of Onon, II. 22. 29 ; in full, σειρίου κυνός δίκην S.ZV-.Sos, cf. A.Ag.gej ; κυνός ψύχραν δύσιν S.ZV.432.I I ; πρό τού κυνός Eup. 147 > μετά κυνός επιτολήν, περί κ. ε., Arist.Λ/rti.36ib355 ZZyi6o2a26 ; επί κυνί ib.6oo*4, Syngr.ap.D. 35.13; νπδ κύνα Arist.ΗΑ^^Ί*14) D.S.19.109; περί κύνα Thphr.CP 3.3-3 ; μετά κύνα ld.HPi.g.5; also of the whole constellation, Arat. 327, Gal. 17(1). 17. VI. the ace, the worst throw at dice, Poll.q.ioo, Eust.1289.63. VII. frenumpraeputii,Au\.y\\.&p.Orib.50.3.1: with pun on the prov. ap.Pherecr. 1. c. (supr. 1), Ar.Lys. 158 : with pun on signf. v, yiZ>5.i04(Marc. Arg.). VIII. fetlock of a horse, Hippiatr. 77. IX. unilateral facial paralysis, Gal.8.573. X. = άπο- μαγδαλία, Dsc.ap.Eust. 1857.*9· XI. ξύλινη κ.,= κυνόσβατός, Orac.ap.Did ap.Ath.2.70c. XII. piece in the game of πόλεις, Cratin.56.3 (dub.). (Cf. Skt. sva, gen. Hinas, Lith. suo, gen. suns, Lat. cam’s, Goth, hunds (κύων), etc.) Koi, v. to. κώα, v. Κφοϊ in. 3. κωαί- αστράγαλοι, Hsch. (ante κώϊον, fort. κώια). κωάζω, = άστραγαλίζω, Id. 2. = ενεχυράζω, Id. (also in form κοιάζω). Κωακάς, ή, όν, of Cos : Κιρακα'ι προγνώσιες or αί Κιρακαί, title of work by Hippocrates of Cos. κώα$, τό, in Horn. nom. acc. sg. κώας ; pi. κώεα, dat. κώεσι; later contr. κώς (q.v.) '.—fleece, στόρεσανλεχος,. ,κώεά τε ρήγός τε II.9.661, cf. Od.23.l80 ; άδεψητον βοεην στόρεσ', αύτάρ υπερθε κώεα πόλλ’ διών 20.3, of- J42 > χεΰεν υπο χλωράς f)ώπας καί κώας ΰπερθεν 16-47 > ψερε δη δίφρον και κώας επ’ αυτού ip-97 5 Ίδρυσεν παρά δαιτί κώεσιν εν μαλακοισι 3.38, cf. 17.32 ; of the Golden Fleece, κ. αίγλαεν χρυσεω θυσάνω Pi.P.4. 231; επλεον ε’πΐ τδ κ. ε’ϊ Αίαν Hdt.7.193 > μεγα κ. Mimn.I ί. I; τb χρύ- σειον κ. Theoc. 13-16.—Cf. κφδιον. κωβάθια, τά, arsenical sulphides of cobalt, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.5i B. (κοβ-), Zos.Alch.p.iSSB. (κωβ-, v. 1. koi8-) :—hence κωβαθηκαυ- στης, ου, δ, ‘arsenic-burner’, applied to Nilus, ib.191 B. (vv. 11. κωβατικ-, κωβαθιοκ-). κώβαλοι, ol,pomegranate flowers, Hsch. κώβαξ* δ μεγας τεττιξ, Id. κωβάριον,globus, Gloss. κωβήλη, ή, needle, Hsch. II. sexual intercourse. Id., Phot. κωβηλίνη, ή, (foreg. 1) needlewoman, Hsch. κωβιδάριον, ν. κωθάριον. 1015