κοτύλη

κοτύλη, ἡ, 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. b. metaph., = κοτύλων, D.H. 19.5. 2. cup or socket of a joint, esp. of the hip-joint, κατʼ 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. 4. hollow of the hand, Apollod. l. c., Poll. 9.122, Eust. 550.5; cf. ἐγκοτύλη. 5. = κοτυληδών I, Luc. DMar. 4.3. 6. in pl., cymbals, χαλκόδετοι κ. A. Fr. 57.6 (anap.).