κένωμα

κέν-ωμα, ατος, τό,

• empty space, vacuum, Erasistr. ap. Gell. 16.3.8 (in Ion. form κείνωμα), Ph. Bel. 57.17 (pl.), Plb. 6.31.9, Phld. Sign. 36 (pl.), Plu. QConv. 2.655b (pl.).
• • • 2 vacancy, non-existence, Anon. in Prm. in Rh.Mus. 47.603.
    • 3 empty vessel, POxy. 1292.4 (i A.D.), PAmh. 2.48.8 (ii B.C.): pl., ῥοιᾶς κ. empty shells, Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.302.
  • II Medic., evacuation, Phld. Lib. p.30 O., Dsc. 5.11, Plu. Isid. 2.381d.
  • • 2 evacuant, in pl., Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.89, Ruf. Fr. 116.