A.anything hollow (“πᾶν τὸ κοῖλον κοτύλην ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοί” Apollod. ap. Ath.11.479a, cf. Sch.Il.22.494).
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.
2. cup or socket of a joint, esp. of the hip-joint, “κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι” Il.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 δεούσας” Ar.Fr.465; “ἀλφίτων κ. μίαν” Alex.221.17; prob. also a smaller measure, perh. = τρύβλιον, ὀξύβαφον, Hp.Mul.1.6.
6. in pl., cymbals, “χαλκόδετοι κ.” A.Fr.57.6 (anap.).