ἀγγεῖον,
Ionic dialect ἀγγήιον, τό,
vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο. ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς. ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver
jars or
vases for water, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ
mortar, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξύλινα ἀ.
tubs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
vessels for holding money, in a treasury, [
Refs]; for masons' use, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀστράκινα ἀ. [
LXX+5th c.BC+];
pails or
buckets used by firemen, [
Refs 1st c.AD+];
sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ.[
LXX+5th c.BC+];
box for petitions, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2)
receptacle, reservoir, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
bed of the sea, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
coffin, sarcophagus, [
Refs]
II) of the human or animal body,
vessel, cavity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins, [
Refs]; the female breast, [
Refs];
afterbirth, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of plants,
capsule, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later,
the body itself, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]