ἔλυτρον,τό, (εἰλύω)
A. couering:
1. bow-case, S. Fr. 1043 (pl.);sheathof a spear, Ar. Ach. 1120 ;mirror-case,
IG 2.706
A b13 ;χοᾶ ἐν ἐ. ib. 11 ( 2 ). 219
B 76 (Delos,iii B.C.);caseof a shield, D.S. 20.11 (pl.).
2. sheathof the spinal cord, Hp. Art. 45 : theshardof a beetle's wing, Arist. HA 532a23 ;shellof a crab, Ael. NA 9.43 ; of the eye-lids, Arist. de An. 421b29 ; of the umbilical cord, Id. HA 586b23 .
3. huskorcapsuleof seeds, J. AJ 3.7.6 ; the floweringglumeofζέα δίκοκκος, Dsc. 2.89 .
4. the body, as beingthe caseorshellof the soul, Pl. R. 588e , Poet. ap. Luc. Demon. 44 .
5. reservoir for water, Hdt. 1.185 , 4.173 , Paus. 2.27.7 , al.;tankfor fish, Palaeph. 27 . (Cf. Skt.varútram'cloak',varūtár-'protector'.) [ῠAr.l.c.]