__2.c in poets more vaguely of the whole sinus genitalis, womb, in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1145 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 15: _sing._, [prev. author] “Del.” 214; δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32c. 8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου [prev. work] 31i24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις.. γαῖα καλύπτει [[ “IG” 2.3839, compare 3412, “epigram Gr.” 214.7 (from Rhenea)] Refs]; κ. ἡμερῶν, of the womb of time, [[ 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 39. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.d of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίας, in the ἐχῖνος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 530b27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the ventricles of the heart, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.216. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II fold of a garment, especially as it fell over the girdle, frequently in plural, δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.570, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 539 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: also in singular, κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the bosom of her robe, i.e. baring her breast, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.80; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.134 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποις, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy by the loose folds of her robe, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.31; κατακρύψασ᾽ ὑπὸ κόλπῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.469; κόλπῳ φέρουσα.. πεπλώματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1044 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ κόλπου (variant -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's pocket', of a stingy person, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.16; ὑπὸ κόλπου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 37, 81, “Hes.” 2, “Merc.Cond.” 27 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὸ κόλπον [[5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {μασχαλοληπτεῖ}, variant in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 12. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III any bosom-like hollow:
__III.1 of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him in her bosom, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.136, compare above 1.1: generally, δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κ. 18.140, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.435; εἴσω ἁλὸς εὐρέα κ. lines 21.125: in _plural_, κατὰ δεινοὺς κ. ἁλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.52; also κόλποι αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88; Ἐρέβους ἐν ἀπείροσι κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 694. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.4 of a fortified site, salient, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 86.8. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.5 ὁ κ. τοῦ ἅρματος bottom of the chariot, [[ LXX.1Ki.22.35. ] LXX]
__III.6 fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.128, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.8.22, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.125. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
