κώδων, ωνος, ὁ
(Attic dialect ἡ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 17, uncertain in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1078)] Refs 5th c.BC+], bell, ὑπ᾽ ἀσπίδος δὲ τῷ χαλκήλατοι κλάζουσι κ. φόνον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 386, compare 399, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 308 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλκοστόμου κώδωνος ὡς Τυρσηνικῆς, i.e. a trumpet, S. [prev. cited] (where Scholia explanation κώδων as τὸ πλατὺ τῆς σάλπιγγος, i.e. the mouth of the trumpet,[[compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.185a, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.203)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; carried on rounds of inspection to challenge sentries, τοῦ κώδωνος πα ενεχθέντος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.135; ἐφοδεύειν κώδωνι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 7, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 24, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 843. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 crier's bell, hence ταῦθ᾽ οὗτος μόνον οὐ κώδωνας ἐξαψάμενος διαπράττεται 'is his own trumpeter', [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.90: _metaphorically_, ἡ κ. ἀκαλανθίς (ὅτι λάλον τὸ ζῷον Scholia) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1078 (perhaps κύων] Refs 5th c.BC+] is the true reading, see [[ “App. Prov.” 1.12)] Refs]; compare κρόταλον.
__II ={κωδύα}, τῆς μήκωνος [[ 4th c.AD: Dieuches Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 4.6.2. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]