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κοίλη (koilē) a ship's hold ^G:A

κοίλη, η, ον,

Aeolic dialect and Ionic dialect κοίϊλος, probably in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; κόϊλος, α, ον, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (comparative -ώτερα),[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— hollow, Hom.mostly as epithet of ships, κ. νῆες [Refs 8th c.BC+] hold of the ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἡ κ. alone, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ, of the Trojan horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. κάπετος, of a grave, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. φλέψ vena cava, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of vessels, ἀγγήϊα [Refs 5th c.BC+] Comedy texts 189; κ. ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός silver and gold plate, Theopomp. Hist.283a,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμισμα κ. uncertain meaning in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; sunk, γράψαι εἰς σανίδα κοῖλα γράμματα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] curved line, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀλέαν εἰς τὸ θύρωμα κοίλαν curved canopy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. ὑποδήματα boots that reach to mid-leg, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. δέμνια empty bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. χείρ, of a beggar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κοίλη μήν short month, [κοίλη 11.3 ">Refs 1st c.BC+]: comparative, - ότερος ὁλμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of Places, lying in a hollow or forming a hollow, κ. Λακεδαίμων the vale of L., [Refs 8th c.BC+] the district between Lebanon and Anti Lebanon, [Refs]; τὰ K. τῆς Εὐβοίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ K. the valley of the Ilissus, name of Attic deme, [Refs]: comparative, κοιλότερα τῆς κάτωθεν χώρας [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b κ. λιμήν harbour lying between high cliffs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. αἰγιαλός embayed beach,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c κ. ὁδός hollow way, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2.d κ. ποταμός a river nearly empty of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. ποταμός with deep bed, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.e τὰ κ. καὶ τὰ δασέα ravines grown with copsewood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 κ. ἅλς, θάλασσα, the sea full of hollows, i.e. with a heavy swell on, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 κ. νοσήματα internal complaints, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 of the voice, hollow, κόχλον ἑλὼν μυκήσατο κοῖλον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 Philos., hollow, empty, void of content, αἱ κ. ἐνέργειαι, opposed to αἱ ἀμείνους, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ -ότερα, opposed to τὰ ὑπέρτερα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 ἡμέραν κ. ποιεῖσθαι allow payments to lapse for a day [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III concave, τὸ κ., opposed to τὸ κυρτόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of military formations, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2 bending, yielding, κλῇθρα [Refs 5th c.BC+].
__IV substantive κοῖλον, τό, hollow, cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of cavities in the body, τὰ κ. γαστρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. [τῆς καρδίας] the ventricles, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. τῶν νεφρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+] to show 'a clean pair of heels', [Refs 5th c.AD+]; τὰ κ. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τοῦ προσώπου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. alone, hollows of the side, flanks, like{κενεών}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 κοίλη· θυρεών, οὐκ ἔχων θύρας, [Refs 5th c.AD+]