ἀγγεῖον

A. vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο . . ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς . . ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα Pl. Plt. 287e); of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, Hdt. 1.188; ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χαλκᾶ ἀ. Plu. 2.695b; ἐν ἀ. χαλκψ= mortar, Thphr. Lap. 60; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, Hdt. 4.2; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, Id. 2.121.β’; for masons' use, Th. 4.4; ὀστράκινα ἀ. Hp. Mul. 2.193, LXX La. 4.2; pails or buckets used by firemen, Plu. Rom. 20; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ. X. An. 6.4.23; τὰς ῥαφὰς τῶν ἀ. Plu. Lys. 16; for corn, LXX Ge. 42.25; for wine, LXX I Ki. 25.18; for bread, I Ki. 9.7; box for petitions, PTaur. Iii 6 (ii B. C.), etc.

2. receptacle, reservoir, X. Oec. 9.2, Pl. Lg. 845e; bed of the sea, Pl. Criti. 111a.

3. coffin, sarcophagus, IG 12(2).494 (Lesbos), BSA 17.227 (Pamphyl.), etc.

II. of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, Hp. Morb. 4.37, Arist. HA 521b6, PA 680b33; of the veins, Id. HA 511b17, al.; the lungs, Id. GA 787b3; the female breast, Id. PA 692a12; afterbirth, Sor. 2.57; of plants, capsule, Thphr. HP 1.11.1:—later, the body itself, M.Ant. 3.3, cf. Secund. Sent. 7.