κολεόν
koleon
sheath, scabbard
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κολεόν, Ep. and Lyr. usu. κουλεόν, τό,
‹ All lexicon entries sheath, scabbard, ἕλκετο δʼ ἐκ κολεοῖο μέγα ξίφος Il. 1.194; κολεῷ μὲν ἄορ θέο Od. 10.333; ἂψ δʼ ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε μέγα ξίφος Il. 1.220; ξίφεος μέγα κουλεόν 3.272; ἀτὰρ περὶ κουλεὸν ἦεν ἀργύρεον 11.30, cf. Od. 11.98, N. 10.6; κολεῶν ἐρυστὰ . . ξίφη Aj. 730; φάσγανον κώπης λαβὼν ἐξεῖλκε κολεοῦ Hec. 544; ἐν κολεῷ Cyr. 1.2.9; μάχαιρα ἐλεφάντινον τὸ κολειὸν (sic) ἔχουσα IG 2(2).1382.16 (κολεόν ib. 1388.47); κολεὰ δύο ib. 11(2).203B 39 (Delos, iii B.C.); κ., μέγα λώτινον ἔργον 24.45.
2. in insects, sheath, wing-case, HA 531b24.