κόλπος
Alt. κόλπος, ὁ,
Lat. sinus:
I. "the bosom", Il.
2. "the womb", Eur.
II. "the fold formed by a loose garment", as it fell over the girdle, Il.:—this fold sometimes served for "a pocket", Od., Hdt.; κόλπον ἀνιεμένη letting down "her robe so as to form a fold", i. e. baring her breast, Il.; κόλπῳ πεπλώματος under the "deep-folded" robe, Aesch.; ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι having let "their folded robes" fall down to their ankles, Theocr.
III. "any hollow", as
1. of the sea, first, in a half-literal sense, Θέτις ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ received him "in her bosom", Il.; then, of "the deep hollow between waves", Hom.
2. "a bay or gulf" of the sea, Il., Aesch.
3. "a vale", κ. Ἀργεῖος Pind.; Ἐλευσινίας Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις Soph.