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κοῖλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοῖλος κοίλη κοῖλον

Structure: κοιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hollow, mostly as an epithet of ships, (κοίλη ναῦς) the hollow or hold of a ship
  2. roomy
  3. empty

Examples

  • Ἔσωθεν δὲ ὁ μηρὸσ παρὰ τὴν πλιχάδα καλεομένην κοιλότεροσ καὶ ἀσαρκότεροσ φαίνεται‧ ἔξωθεν δὲ ὁ γλουτὸσ ὑποκυρτότεροσ, ἅτε ἐσ τὸ ἔξω τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τοῦ μηροῦ ὠλισθηκυίησ‧ ἀτὰρ καὶ ἀνωτέρω φαίνεται ὁ γλουτὸσ, ἅτε ὑπειξάσησ τῆσ σαρκὸσ τῆσ ἐνταῦθα τῇ τοῦ μηροῦ κεφαλῇ‧ τὸ δὲ παρὰ τὸ γόνυ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄκρον ἔσω Ῥέπον φαίνεται, καὶ ἡ κνήμη, καὶ ὁ πούσ‧ ἀτὰρ οὐδὲ ξυγκάμπτειν ὥσπερ τὸ ὑγιὲσ σκέλοσ δύνανται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 54.2)

Synonyms

  1. roomy

  2. empty

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