κόλπος

κόλπος, ὁ,

A bosom, lap,

παῖδ' ἐπὶ κόλπῳ ἔχουσα Il.6.400

; ἂψ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐκλίνθη ib.467; ἡ δ' ἄρα μιν κηώδεϊ δέξατο κόλπῳ (cf. 111.1) ib.483; ἱμάντα τέῳ ἐγκάτθεο κ. put the girdle in thy bosom, 14.219;

εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι Thphr.Char.16.15

(cf. πτύω)

; ἐν κόλπῳ εἶχες ὄφιν Thgn.602

;

ὁ κ. Αβραάμ Ev.Luc.16.22

; freq. of pet birds or animals,

τρέφειν ἐν κ. Herod.6.102

; κυνίδιον ἐν κόλπῳ τιθηνούμενον lap-dog, Plu.2.472c;

κίσσαν ἐκ μέσων τῶν κόλπων ἁρπάσας Luc.Jud.Voc.8

; so

τὸ θυγάτριον ἐκ κόλπων τῶν ἐμῶν ἀναρπάσαντα Hld.4.14

: metaph.,

εἰς τοὺς εὐανθεῖς κ. λειμώνων Ar.Ra.373

(lyr.);

λειμώνων φύλλων τ' ἐν κόλποις ναίω Id.Av.1094

(lyr.); also τὰ ὑπὸ κόλπου, = τὰ ἀφροδίσια, Luc.Alex.39.

2 = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον, esp. vagina, Sor.1.16, al., Ruf.Onom.196, Poll.2.222: pl., Sor.1.70b, S.E.M.5.62.

b κόλποι τῆς ὑστέρας supposed sinuses in the womb, Hp.Nat.Puer.31, Sor.1.9 (sg.), Gal.UP14.4.

c in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in pl., E.Hel.1145 (lyr.), Call.Jov.15: sg., Id.Del. 214;

δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν Orph.Fr.32c

.8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου ib. 31i24: metaph., of the grave,

σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις . . γαῖα καλύπτει IG2.3839

, cf. 3412, Epigr.Gr.214.7 ([place name] Rhenea); κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, Ezek.Exag.39.

d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, Arist.HA530b27; of the ventricles of the heart, Poll.2.216.

II fold of a garment, esp. as it fell over the girdle, freq. in pl.,

δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. Il.9.570

, cf. A.Pers.539 (anap.), etc.: also in sg.,

κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος Hdt.6.125

; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, Il.22.80;

ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι Theoc.15.134

; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, Pi.O.6.31;

κατακρύψασ' ὑπὸ κόλπῳ Od.15.469

;

κόλπῳ φέρουσα . . πεπλώματος A.Th.1044

; ὑπὸ κόλπου (v.l. -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, Theoc.16.16;

ὑπὸ κόλπου Luc.Herm.37

, 81, Hes.2, Merc.Cond.27; ὑπὸ κόλπον Hsch.s.v. μασχαλοληπτεῖ, v.l. in Luc.Ind.12.

III any bosom-like hollow:

1 of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ' ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him in her bosom, Il.6.136, cf. supr.1.1: generally,

δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κ. 18.140

, cf. Od.4.435; εἴσω ἁλὸς εὐρέα κ. ll.21.125: in pl.,

κατὰ δεινοὺς κ. ἁλός Od.5.52

; also

κόλποι αἰθέρος Pi.O.13.88

;

Ἐρέβους ἐν ἀπείροσι κ. Ar. Av.694

.

2 bay, gulf, Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κ. ἐχούσας, i.e. βαθὺν κατεχούσας κόλπον, Il.2.560;

Μηλιεὺς κ. A.Pers.486

; κ. Ῥέας, i.e. the Adriatic, Id.Pr.837;

Τυρσηνικὸς κ. S.Fr.598

, cf. Hdt.2.11, 7.58,198, Th.2.90, etc.

3 vale,

κ. Ἀργεῖος Pi.P.4.49

;

Νεμέας Id.O.9.87

, cf. 14.23;

Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις S.Ant.1121

(lyr.);

κ. Τροίας E.Tr.130

(lyr.);

Πιερικὸς κ. Th.2.99

, cf. X.HG 6.5.17.

4 of a fortified site, salient, Ph.Bel.86.8.

5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, LXX 3 Ki.22.35.

6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, Dsc.1.128, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.8.22, Gal.11.125.

IV in Tactics, enveloping force, Onos.21.5.