1. κενεών · keneōn — Beekes
κενεών ‘hollow between ribs and hip, flank’. >Kevdc. 672 κενός — [Beekes, s.v. κενεών, p. 718]
The corpus record
κενεών
keneon
hollow between ribs and hip, flank
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Where it lives
- On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
- On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
- Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
2. κενεών · keneōn — LSJ
hollow between ribs and hip, flank
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 hollows
οἱ κ. τοῦ περιτοναίου the hollows of the peritonaeum, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.48.4.
II hollow, vacant space
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.
3. κήνεον· · kēneon· — LSJ
In the wild
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Iliad 11.381
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Iliad 16.821
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Iliad 5.284
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Iliad 5.857
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Odyssey 22.295
- κενεῶνα · keneōna Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 14
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κενεών (scan pp. 718-719; entry #3064).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κενεών (scan p. 528; entry #3831).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κενεών (scan p. 851; entry #2913).
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