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κόγχη

κόγχη, a mussel

κόγχ-η, ἡ,
  • mussel or (perh.) cockle, Emp. 76.1, Sophr. 25, X. An. 5.3.8, Arar. 8.2, Posidipp. 14.2; including several species, Arist. HA 528a22, 547b13, 622b2; ἀνέχασκον ἐμφερέστατα ὀπτωμέναις κόγχαισιν Ar. Fr. 68; κόγχην διελεῖν to open a mussel, prov. of an easy task, Telecl. 19; κόγχης ἄξιον, i.e. worthless, Hsch., Suid.
      • 2 shell-full, a small measure of capacity, Pherecr. 143.3, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Morb. 3.15, Thphr. HP 9.6.2.
    • II anything like a mussel-shell, esp. shell-like cavity in the body, as,
      • 1 hollow of the ear, Ruf. Onom. 44, Poll. 2.86.
      • 2 knee-pan, ib. 188.
    • III case round a seal attached to documents, Ar. V. 585.
    • IV niche for a statue, CIG 4556 (Palestine); apse, Epigr.Gr. 446.3 (Medjed).
    • V fourth part of a sphere, Hero *Stereom. 1.40. (Cf. Skt. śaṅkhás ‘conch-shell’.)

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