- κοῖλος
- hollow
- 1. hollow, hollowed , epith. of ships, which in early times were hollowed out of trees, [8th/7th c.BC]; later, κοίλη ναῦς was the hold of the ship, [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]; so, ἡ κοίλη alone, [Refs 3rd c.BC]:—;of the Trojan horse, κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ [8th/7th c.BC]; κ. κάπετος, of a grave, [8th/7th c.BC]; κ. δέμνια, of the bed when no one is in it , [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. of Places, lying in a hollow or forming a hollow , κοίλη Λακεδαίμων the vale of L., [8th/7th c.BC]; κ. Θεσσαλία [Refs 5th c.BC]; κ. Ἄργος [Refs 5th c.BC]; τὰ Κοῖλα τῆς Εὐβοίας [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἡ Κοιλή the valley of the Ilissus, [Refs 5th c.BC]:—; κ. λιμήν of a harbour lying between high cliffs , [8th/7th c.BC]; κ. αἰγιαλός an embayed beach, [8th/7th c.BC]:—; κ. ὁδός a hollow way, [8th/7th c.BC]:—; κ. ποταμός a river nearly empty of water, [Refs 5th c.BC] (so Virgil, cava flumina) : metaph. of the voice, hollow , μυκάσατο κοῖλον [Refs 3rd c.BC]; φθέγγεσθαι κοῖλον [Refs 2nd c.AD]
3. as Subst. κοῖλον, ου, τό, a hollow, cavity, ravine , [5th/4th c.BC]; like κοιλία, of the cavities in the body, τὰ κ. γαστρός [Refs 5th c.BC]; also, ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)