A.coffer, box, chest, e.g. for household stores, Il.18.413, Hdt.3.123; “λ. δαιδαλέα” B.5.141, cf. Simon. (v. infr.).
2. cinerary urn or coffin, [“ὀστέα] χρυσείην ἐς λάρνακα θῆκαν” Il.24.795; “λάρνακας κυπαρισσίνας ἄγουσιν ἄμαξαι . . : ἔνεστι δὲ τὰ ὀστᾶ κτλ.” Th.2.34, cf. CIG4003,4007 (Iconium), 4441 (Adana), al.; the ark of Deucalion, Plu.2.968f, Luc.Syr.D.12, Apollod.1.7.2; of the Ark, AP1.62 (Christian); esp. an ark in which children were exposed, Simon.37.1, A.R.1.622, D.S.5.62, etc.