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κοτυληδών

κοτυληδών, any cup-shaped hollow

κοτυλ-ηδών, όνος, ἡ,
  • any cup-shaped hollow or cavity:
      • 1 in pl., suckers on the arms (πλεκτάναι) of the poulp or octopus, Od. 5.433, in Ep. dat. πρὸς κοτυληδονόφιν, cf. Arist. HA 524a2, PA 685b3, Thphr. HP 9.13.6, Ath. 11.479b; also on the feet of the κάραβος, Arist. HA 527a25: sg., Luc. Musc.Enc. 3.
      • 2 in pl., cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascular connexious (in animals), Hp. Aph. 5.45, Arist. GA 745b33, al.: wrongly expld. as κοιλότητες . . ἐν αἷς τὴν ἀνατροφὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου γίνεσθαι Diocl. Fr. 27, cf. Gal. 2.905.
      • 3 = κοτύλη 2, socket of the hip-joint, Ar. V. 1495, Arist. HA 493a24, Milet. 6.22 (iii B. C.).
      • 4 hollow of a cup, Nic. Al. 626.
      • 5 plant, prob. navelwort, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Hp. Steril. 230, Nic. Th. 681, Dsc. 4.91, Gal. 12.41; another species, C. sterilis, Dsc. 4.92.

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