A.bosom, lap, “παῖδ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα” Il.6.400; ἂψ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐκλίνθη ib.467; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρα μιν κηώδεϊ δέξατο κόλπῳ (cf. 111.1) ib.483; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy bosom, 14.219; “εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι” Thphr.Char.16.15 (cf. πτύω）“; ἐν κόλπῳ εἶχες ὄφιν” Thgn.602; “ὁ κ. Α᾿βραάμ” Ev.Luc.16.22; freq. of pet birds or animals, “τρέφειν ἐν κ.” Herod.6.102; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον lap-dog, Plu.2.472c; “κίσσαν ἐκ μέσων τῶν κόλπων ἁρπάσας” Luc.Jud.Voc.8; so “τὸ θυγάτριον ἐκ κόλπων τῶν ἐμῶν ἀναρπάσαντα” Hld.4.14: metaph., “εἰς τοὺς εὐανθεῖς κ. λειμώνων” Ar.Ra.373 (lyr.); “λειμώνων φύλλων τ᾽ ἐν κόλποις ναίω” Id.Av.1094 (lyr.); also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, = τὰ ἀφροδίσια, Luc.Alex.39.
2. = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον, esp. vagina, Sor.1.16, al., Ruf.Onom.196, Poll.2.222: pl., Sor.1.70b, S.E.M.5.62.
c. in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in pl., E.Hel.1145 (lyr.), Call.Jov.15: sg., Id.Del. 214; “δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν” Orph.Fr.32c.8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου ib. 31i24: metaph., of the grave, “σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις . . γαῖα καλύπτει” IG2.3839, cf. 3412, Epigr.Gr.214.7 (Rhenea); κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, Ezek.Exag.39.
d. of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, Arist.HA530b27; of the ventricles of the heart, Poll.2.216.
II. fold of a garment, esp. as it fell over the girdle, freq. in pl., “δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ.” Il.9.570, cf. A.Pers.539 (anap.), etc.: also in sg., “κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος” Hdt.6.125; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, Il.22.80; “ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι” Theoc.15.134; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, Pi.O.6.31; “κατακρύψασ᾽ ὑπὸ κόλπῳ” Od.15.469; “κόλπῳ φέρουσα . . πεπλώματος” A.Th.1044; ὑπὸ κόλπου (v.l. -ῳ） χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, Theoc.16.16; “ὑπὸ κόλπου” Luc.Herm.37, 81, Hes.2, Merc.Cond.27; ὑπὸ κόλπον Hsch.s.v. μασχαλοληπτεῖ, v.l. in Luc.Ind.12.
III. any bosom-like hollow:
1. of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him in her bosom, Il.6.136, cf. supr.1.1: generally, “δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κ.” 18.140, cf. Od.4.435; εἴσω ἁλὸς εὐρέα κ. ll.21.125: in pl., “κατὰ δεινοὺς κ. ἁλός” Od.5.52; also “κόλποι αἰθέρος” Pi.O.13.88; “Ἐρέβους ἐν ἀπείροσι κ.” Ar. Av.694.
2. bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, Il.2.560; “Μηλιεὺς κ.” A.Pers.486; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, Id.Pr.837; “Τυρσηνικὸς κ.” S.Fr.598, cf. Hdt.2.11, 7.58,198, Th.2.90, etc.
3. vale, “κ. Ἀργεῖος” Pi.P.4.49; “Νεμέας” Id.O.9.87, cf. 14.23; “Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις” S.Ant.1121 (lyr.); “κ. Τροίας” E.Tr.130 (lyr.); “Πιερικὸς κ.” Th.2.99, cf. X.HG 6.5.17.
4. of a fortified site, salient, Ph.Bel.86.8.
5. ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, LXX 3 Ki.22.35.
6. fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, Dsc.1.128, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.8.22, Gal.11.125.
IV. in Tactics, enveloping force, Onos.21.5.
