in the womb, Hp.Nat.Puer.31, Sor.1.9 (sg.), Gal.UP14.4. c. in poets more vaguely of the whole
sinus genitalis, womb
, in pl., E.Hel.1145 (lyr.), Call.Jov.15: sg., Id.Del. 214; δεσποίνας ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔδυνOrph.Fr.32c.8; θεὸς διὰ κόλπου ib. 31i24: metaph., of the grave, σῶμα σὸν ἐν κόλποις ..γαῖα καλύπτειIG2.3839, cf. 3412, Epigr.Gr.214.7 (Rhenea); κ. ἡμερῶν, of the
womb
of time, Ezek.Exag.39. d. of other cavities, οἱ κ. τῆς κοιλίασ, in the ἐχῖνοσ, Arist.HA530b27; of the
ventricles
of the heart, Poll.2.216. II.
fold of a garment
, esp. as it fell over the girdle, freq. in pl., δεύοντο δὲ δάκρυσι κ.Il.9.570, cf. A.Pers.539 (anap.), etc.: also in sg., κ. βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνοσHdt.6.125; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down the
bosom of her robe
, i.e. baring her breast, Il.22.80; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαιTheoc.15.134; κρύψε δὲ παρθενίαν ὠδῖνα κόλποισ, i.e. she concealed her pregnancy
by the loose folds of her robe
, Pi.O.6.31; κατακρύψασ' ὑπὸ κόλπῳOd.15.469; κόλπῳ φέρουσα ..πεπλώματοσA.Th.1044; ὑπὸ κόλπου (v.l. -ῳ) χεῖρας ἔχειν 'keep one's hand in one's
pocket
', of a stingy person, Theoc.16.16; ὑπὸ κόλπουLuc.Herm.37, 81, Hes.2, Merc.Cond.27; ὑπὸ κόλπον Hsch.s.v. μασχαλοληπτεῖ, v.l. in Luc.Ind.12. III. any
bosom-like hollow
: 1. of the sea, first in a half-literal sense, of a sea-goddess, Θέτις δ' ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him