The corpus record

ὑποκόλπ-ιος

upokolpios

lying on the bosom, in the lap

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What it meant

ὑποκόλπ-ιος · hypokolp-ios — LSJ

lying on the bosom, in the lap

lying on the bosom, in the lap, ἄλλος τοι γλυκίων ὑποκόλπιος; Theoc. 14.37; ἐραστὴν . . ἔχονθʼ ὑποκόλπιον ἄλλην AP 5.129 (Maec.), cf. 274 (Paul.Sil.); Κυδίλλης ὑποκόλπιος ib. 24.

2 worn, concealed in the fold of the robe

worn or concealed in the fold of the robe, ξίφη Hdn. 7.11.3; βιβλίδιον AP 12.208 (Strat.).

II in the motherʼs womb

in the motherʼs womb, Ἀπόλλων ὑποκόλπιος αἰνὰ χολώθη Call. Del. 86.

Where it came from

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