κοτύλ-η, ἡ,
anything hollow (πᾶν τὸ κοῖλον κοτύλην ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοί [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.479a, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.494). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1 small vessel, cup, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.494, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.312, 17.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 350, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.478d: proverbial, πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κοτύλης καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου [prev. work]e, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 5.71. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1.b metaphorically, ={κοτύλων}, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 19.5. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 cup or socket of a joint, especially of the hip-joint, κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.306s q., compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Loc.” “Hom.” 6, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).519] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, socket of the arm, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 liquid measure, containing 6 κύαθοι or a 1/2 ξέστης, i.e. nearly a 1/2pint, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.16, 7.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 436 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἀττική, Αἰγινητική, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.3, “Nat.Mul.” 33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]