[Meaning a] chest.
*ki/bhsis: h( kibwto/s.
The headword
ki/bhsis is a variant spelling of
ki/bisis, which occurs in Hesiod,
Shield 224: "the head of a dreadful monster, the
Gorgon, covered the broad of his back, and a bag [chest?] of silver -- a marvel to see -- contained it". The
Etymologicum Gudianum goes further, with its gloss "as in, the
ki/bhsis of the Israelites [i.e. the Ark of the Covenant] and a chest, i.e. a
sakkopa/qnion. But in other lexica, a
sakkopa/qnion is a pouch (
Hesychius s.v.
xlido/s, ps.-
Zonaras s.v.
a)skoph/ra,
Etymologicum Gudianum and
Etymologicum Magnum s.v.
ph/ra,
alpha 4178). All other lexica glossing
ki/bisis ~
ki/bhsis likewise hedge their bets and gloss it as "chest or pouch" (John
Pediasimus,
scholia on Hesiod,
Shield 633;
Etymologicum Magnum s.v.
ki/bisis;
scholia on
Lycophron,
Alexandra 838), or just pouch (
Hesychius "pouch, in Cypriot";
scholia on
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.53d).
For the glossing term see
kappa 1578.
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