δεξαμενή, ἡ,
(aorist 1 participle of δέχομαι, with different accent) receptacle for water, tank, cistern, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.9, 6.119, “PSI” 1.66 (5th c.AD) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 135 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; vehicle, as matter of form, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 53a, 5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.66 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, receptacle, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.647, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 76.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]