hollow, scoop out
κοιλ-αίνω,aor.
A.
ἐκοίληνα
Hdt. 2.73
; Att.
ἐκοίλᾱνα
Th. 4.100
:— Med. , Ep.
aor.
κοιλήνατο
Nonn. D. 12.332
:— Pass. ,aor.
ἐκοιλάνθην
Hp. Epid. 7.52
:pf.
κεκοίλασμαι
Id. Medic. 11
; -αμμαι
EM 233.51 : (κοῖλος):—hollow, scoop out, τὸ ᾠόν
Hdt.
l.c.; πέτρην κοιλαίνει ῥανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ
Choeril. 10
;κ. δένδρα, of the woodpecker, Arist. HA 614b14 ;κ. χῶμα, i.e.diga grave, Theoc. 23.43 ; κ. τὰς χεῖρας
Ath. 11.479a
; κ. ὄμματα
APl. 4.142
, cf. Opp. H. 4.19 :— Pass. ,to beorbecome hollow,ἔντοσθε, of ulcers, Hp. Medic. l.c.; ὀφθαλμοὶ κ.
Id. Acut. 30
; κ. κατὰ τὸν κενεῶνα καὶ κατὰ τὰ ἄρθρα
Id. Art. 52
; of poor timber,go into holes, Thphr. HP 3.12.1 .
II. make empty, make poor, Lyc. 772 .
2. allow to lapse, of payments, BGU 1156.18
(i B.C.), PSI 4.287.16
(iv A.D.), etc.
