κόλπος, ὁ,
bosom, lap, παῖδ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy
bosom,[
NT+6th c.BC+]; frequently of pet birds or animals, τρέφειν ἐν κ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον
lap-dog, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, =τὰ ἀφροδίσια, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2 = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον, especially
vagina, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2.b κόλποι τῆς ὑστέρας supposed
sinuses in the womb, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.c in poets more vaguely of the whole
sinus genitalis, womb, in
plural, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically, of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις.. γαῖα καλύπτει [
Refs]; κ. ἡμερῶν, of the
womb of time, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2.d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the
ventricles of the heart, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II fold of a garment, especially as it fell over the girdle, frequently in
plural, δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: also in
singular, κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the
bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy
by the loose folds of her robe, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ κόλπου (variant -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's
pocket', of a stingy person, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὸ κόλπον [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III any
bosom-like hollow:
III.1 of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him
in her bosom, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2 bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3 vale, κ. Ἀργεῖος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4 of a fortified site,
salient, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος
bottom of the chariot, [
LXX]
III.6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV in Tactics,
enveloping force, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
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