κώθων, ωνος, ὁ,
Laconian drinking-vessel, used by soldiers, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 4, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 600, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 34 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, “IG” 22.47.6, etc.; κ. στρεψαύχην 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 54; πυριγενής 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 1; φαεινός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1094 (parody)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; of earthenware or metal, [[ “IG” 42(1).121.79, +others (Epid.), 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.483b, c: κ. χαλκοῖ “IG” 12.313.55, +others, compare 22.1425.393. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II drinking bout, carousal, εἰσῆλθεν ἐπὶ κώθωνα πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα [[ 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.583b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 4, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; religious banquet, [[ “BCH” 51.220 (from Thasos). ] Refs]
__III Sicel, ={κῶθος}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 141, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.309c. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV the inner harbour at Carthage, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.15, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 127. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]