κενεών

A. hollow between ribs and hip, flank, Od. 22.295, Poll. 2.166, etc.; νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα, ὅθι ζωννύσκετο μίτρῃ Il. 5.857, cf. Hp. Prog. 8 (pl.); of horses, X. Eq. 12.8; of dogs, Id. Cyn. 4.1.

2. οἱ κ. τοῦ περιτοναίου the hollows of the peritonaeum, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.48.4.

II. any hollow, hence periphr. οὐράνιοι AP 9.207; αἰθέριος, χθόνιος κ., Nonn. D. 13.453, 9.82; κενεὼν ἀρούρης ib.41.3; vacant space in a crowd, LXX 2 Ma. 14.44.