κενός, ή, όν,
Ionic dialect and poetry κεινός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.376, 4.181, 11.160, 15.453, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.65, 3.45, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also κενεός, as always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (except in Il.[same places], and κενός [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.249 (assuming variant, perhaps κενέ᾽ εὔγματα or κείν᾽ εὔγματα)), also 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.24, 5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 7, Timo 20.2 (_comparative_)] Refs 8th c.BC+], and in Doric dialect, [[ “IG” 42(1).121.73 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect κέννος, accusative to Greg. Cor.p.610 [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus: _superlative_ κεννότατος Scholia Tz.in “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 3.356.18] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but οἱ Αἰολεῖς.. οὐ λέγουσι κέννος Choerob.in [[ “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.242, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.302, and the true _Aeolic dialect_ is probably κένος or κένεος] Refs], from κενϝος, kenevos,[[compare 5th c.AD: Cypria ] Refs 5th c.AD+] κενευϝός [[ “Schwyzer” 683.4. ] Refs]
__I mostly of things, empty, opposed to πλέως, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 280 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πλήρης, [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1054 ] Refs]; opposed to μεστός, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 12; κενεὰς σὺν χεῖρας ἔχοντες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.42; νοστήσαντας κεινῇσι χερσί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73; κεναῖς χερσίν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 796b (see. below 11.2)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. (i.e. τάλαντον) the empty one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 488.5; κ. οἴκησις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 31; γῆ [prev. author] “OT” 55; εὐνή [prev. author] “Ant.” 424 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χώματα κεινά, ={κενοτάφια}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.85; κ. τάφος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1057 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατέθισαν ἐπὶ κενευϝῶν (i.e. τάφων genitive singular) [[ “Schwyzer” [prev. cited] (5th c.AD: Cypria)] Refs 5th c.AD+]; κ. χρόνος a pause in music, Anon.[[Bellerm. 83; σφυγμὸς κ. 1st c.AD: Agathinus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.936] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of wool and wine, uncertain meaning in [[ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.945] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ κ. the void of space, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 9, Meliss.[same place], 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 13, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.6U., etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κ., ={τόπος ἐστερημένος σώματος}, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 208b26, compare 213a13 ff., “Cael.” 279a13; κ. χώρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 58a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢν κενεὸν λάβῃ [ἡ διακοπή] if it penetrates the (brain-) cavity, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” ] Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]; especiallyAstrology texts, not occupied by a planet, κ. δρόμος [[ 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.452, compareVett. Val. 94.27 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; compare κενοδρομέω.