κύτος

κύτος [ῠ], εος, τό, (κύω) A. hollow, κύκλου, of a shield, A. Th. 495; ἀσπίδος E. Fr. 185; θώρηκος Ar. Pax 1224; περίπλευρον κ. E. El. 473 (lyr.); λέβητος Id. Cyc. 399; τρίποδος Id. Supp. 1202; κύλικος Pl.Com. 189; λοπάδος Xenarch. 1.10; hold of a ship, Plb. 16.3.4. 2. vessel, jar, A. Ag. 322, 816, S. El. 1142, etc.; πλεκτὸν κ. basket, E. Ion 37; κοιλοσώματον κ. Antiph. 52.2. 3. of any hollow container, τὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς κ. Pl. Ti. 45a; τὸ ὄπισθεν κ. occiput, Arist. PA 56b26; τοῦ θώρακος τὸ κ., i.e. the chest, Pl. Ti. 69e; ποδῶν κ. Achae. 4.4 (leg. πλευρῶν) ; τὸ ἄνω κ. Arist. GA 742b14 (also of plants, = αἱ ῥίζαι, 741b35, al.); τὸ λοιπὸν ἅπαν κ., of the uterus, Gal. UP 14.14, cf. Sor. 1.9; of the fourth stomach of the ox, Phlp. in AP 0.417.14; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς κ., i.e. the body, Pl. Ti. 44a: hence, abs., body, ἀνδρείῳ κύτει S. Tr. 12; trunk, διὰ παντὸς τοῦ κ. Pl. Ti. 74a; τὸ ἀπʼ αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων κ. Arist. HA 491a29, cf. PA 686b14; τὸ ὅλον κ. τοῦ σώματος D.S. 1.35, cf. Archig. ap.Gal. 13.262: metaph., of the πόλις, Pl. Lg. 964e; τὸ σύμπαν τῆς πόλεως κ. τείχεσιν ἠσφάλισται Plb. 5.59.8. 4. κ. ἀστέριον starry vault of heaven, Vett.Val. 172.32.