κοτυλ-ηδών,όνος,ἡ,
A. any cup-shaped holloworcavity:
1. in pl.,suckers on the arms(πλεκτάναι)of the poulporoctopus, Od. 5.433 , in Ep. dat.πρὸς κοτυληδονόφιν, cf. Arist. HA 524a2 , PA 685b3 , Thphr. HP 9.13.6 , Ath. 11.479b ; also on the feet of theκάραβος, Arist. HA 527a25 : sg., Luc. Musc.Enc. 3 .
2. in pl.,cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascular connexious (in animals), Hp. Aph. 5.45 , Arist. GA 745b33 , al.: wrongly expld. as κοιλότητες . . ἐν αἷς τὴν ἀνατροφὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου γίνεσθαι
Diocl.Fr. 27
, cf. Gal. 2.905 .
3.
= κοτύλη
2 ,socket of the hip-joint, Ar. V. 1495 , Arist. HA 493a24 , Milet. 6.22
(iii B. C.).
4. hollow of a cup, Nic. Al. 626 .
5. plant, prob.navelwort, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Hp. Steril. 230 , Nic. Th. 681 , Dsc. 4.91 , Gal. 12.41 ; another species,C. sterilis, Dsc. 4.92 .