kenōs

Included with: κενός, ή, όν,
Ionic dialect and poetry κεινός Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect also κενεός, as always in Refs 8th c.BC+ (except in Il.[same places], and κενός Refs 8th c.BC+, and in Doric dialect, Refs 4th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect κέννος, accusative to Greg. Cor.p.610 Refs 5th c.BC+; but οἱ Αἰολεῖς.. οὐ λέγουσι κέννος Choerob.in Refs, from κενϝος, kenevos,Refs 5th c.AD+ κενευϝός Refs
I mostly of things, empty, opposed to πλέως, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to πλήρης, Refs; opposed to μεστός, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ κ. (i.e. τάλαντον) the empty one, Refs 5th c.BC+; χώματα κεινά, ={κενοτάφια}, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατέθισαν ἐπὶ κενευϝῶν (i.e. τάφων genitive singular) Refs 5th c.AD+; κ. χρόνος a pause in music, Anon.Refs 1st c.AD+; of wool and wine, uncertain meaning in Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὸ κ. the void of space, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ κ., ={τόπος ἐστερημένος σώματος}, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἢν κενεὸν λάβῃ [ἡ διακοπή] if it penetrates the (brain-) cavity, Refs 5th c.BC+[same place]; especiallyAstrology texts, not occupied by a planet, κ. δρόμος Refs 4th c.AD+; compare κενοδρομέω.
I.2 empty, fruitless, void, κενὰ εὔγματα εἰπών Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδες, Refs 5th c.BC+; τέρψιςRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀπόντων κενὴν κατηγορεῖν bring an idle charge, Refs 4th c.BC+; ineffectual, λύγξ Refs 5th c.BC+; πουλυμαθημοσύνης, τῆς οὐ κενεώτερον ἄλλο Timo [same place]; πολλὰ κ. τοῦ πολέμου Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐπιθυμίαι, opposed to φυσικαί, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ διὰ κενῆς ἐπανάσεισις τῶν ὅπλων empty flourishing of arms, Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ κενῆς ῥίπτειν throw without a projectile, Refs 4th c.BC+; κεκλάγγω διὰ κενῆς ἄλλως to no purpose, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ κενοῦ χανεῖν Suid. see at {λύκος ἔχανε; κατὰ κενοῦ φέρειν τὰς χεῖρας} Refs 1st c.AD+; κατὰ κ. βαίνειν, ={κενεμβατεῖν}, Refs 1st c.AD+: regular adverb κενῶς, διαλεκτικῶς καὶ κ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II of persons and things,
II.1 c.genitive, destitute, bereft, τοῦ νοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. φρονήσεως, ἐπιστήμης, Refs; κ. πόνου without the fruits of toil, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 absolutely, empty-handed, αἰσχρόν τοι δηρόν τε μενειν κενεόν τε νέεσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀπίκατο, οἱ μὲν κεινοί, οἱ δὲ φέροντες κτλ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of camels, without burdens, unloaded, opposed to ἔγγομοι, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κ. ἂν ἴῃ.., κ. ἄπεισιν LXX+5th c.BC+; bereft of her mate, λέαινα Refs 5th c.BC+; orphan, Ἔρωτες Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὑπ᾽ ἄσθματος κενοί exhausted.., Refs 4th c.BC+; of places, without garrison, χῶραι Refs 5th c.BC+; of the body, without flesh, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2.b devoid of wit, vain, pretentious, κεινὸς εἴην NT+5th c.BC+
III comparative and superlative, κενότερος Refs 5th c.BC+; -ότατος Refs 5th c.BC+; κενώτερος, -ώτατος, Refs 5th c.BC+; κενεώτερος Timo (see. above); κενεώτατος variant in Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.