ὄλπη

ὄλπη, ἡ,

• leathern oil-flask, esp. used in the wrestling-school, Theoc. 2.156, Nic. Th. 97; Corinth., Byz., and Cypr. word, acc. to Clitarch. ap. Ath. 11.495c; λιθάργυρος ὄ. Achae. 19; a Cynicʼs flask, AP 6.293 (Leon.), 7.68 (Arch.).
• • • 2 = πρόχοος, Ion Trag. 10 (Thess. in this sense acc. to Clitarch. l.c.).

ὄλπη, ἡ, eine lederne Oelflasche, λήκυθος, bes. zum Gebrauch in der Palästra, Theocr. 2.156 ; Nic. Ther. 97. Von der Flasche des Diogenes, Archi. 34 (VII.68); ῥυπόεσσα, Leon.Tar. 10 (VI.293); vgl. Ath. XI.445b.

ὄλπη, ἡ,

• a leathern oil-flask, Theocr., Anth.