κυψέλη, ἡ,
any hollow vessel: chest, box (whence Cypselus was called), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.έ, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.164a, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.17.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑξμέδιμνος κ., of a cornchest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 631 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bee-hive, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.601c: _metaphorically_, κυψέλαι φρονημάτων] Refs 1st c.AD+] boxes full of thoughts, [[ “Comica Adespota” 703. ] Refs]
__II hollow of the ear, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.85, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: hence, ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 ={κυψελίς} [[ 11 ] Refs], ear-wax, κυψέλην.. ἔχεις.. ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν, proverbial of stupid men, [[ “Comica Adespota” 620, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 213, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.63. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]