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κοτύλ-η , ,
1. small vessel, cup, Il.22.494, Od.15.312, 17.12, Ar.Fr. 350, cf. Ath.11.478d: prov., πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κοτύλης καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου ib.e, Zen.5.71.
b. metaph., = κοτύλων, D.H.19.5.
2. cup or socket of a joint, esp. of the hip-joint, “κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσιIl.5.306sq., cf. Hp.Loc. Hom.6, Gal.18(2).519; also, socket of the arm, Hp.Art.7.
3. liquid measure, containing 6 κύαθοι or a 1/2 ξέστης, i.e. nearly a 1/2 pint, Hdt.6.57, Th.4.16, 7.87, Ar.Pl.436; κ. Ἀττική, Αἰγινητική, Hp.Epid. 7.3, Nat.Mul.33.
b. dry measure, “ἀλφίτων . . τρεῖς χοίνικας κοτύλης δεούσαςAr.Fr.465; “ἀλφίτων κ. μίανAlex.221.17; prob. also a smaller measure, perh. = τρύβλιον, ὀξύβαφον, Hp.Mul.1.6.
4. hollow of the hand, Apollod. l. c., Poll.9.122, Eust.550.5; cf. ἐγκοτύλη.
6. in pl., cymbals, “χαλκόδετοι κ.A.Fr.57.6 (anap.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 436
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.57
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.306s
    • Homer, Iliad, 22.494
    • Homer, Odyssey, 15.312
    • Homer, Odyssey, 17.12
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.16
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.87
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 1
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 2
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 6
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 7
    • Lucian, Dialogi Marini, 4.3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 19.5
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