Quick Definition
ὑπολήνιον, ου, τό n.n. a pit under the wine-press
Strong's Definition
vessel or receptacle under the press, i.e. lower wine-vat
Derivation: neuter of a presumed compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G3025 (ληνός);
KJV Usage: winefat
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ληνός
7.67 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions
wine trough a trough placed beneath the wine press to receive the grape juice pressed out
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπολήνιον, -ov, Td, (1. 6. τὸ ὑπὸ THY ληνόν, cf. τὸ imo ζύγιον), a vessel placed under a press (and in the Orient « , ὑπολιμπάνω usually sunk in the earth) to receive the expressed juice of the grapes, a pit: [ὥρυξεν ὑπολήνιον, R. V. he digged a pit for the winepress], Mk. xii. 1; see ληνός [and B. D. 8. v. Winepress]. (Demiopr. ap. Poll. 10 (29), 130; Geop.; Sept. for 30", Is. xvi. 10; Joel iii. 13 (iv. 18); Hagg. ii. 16; Zech. xiv. 10 Alex.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπολήνιον hypolēnion 1x
a vat, placed under the press, ληνός, to receive the juice, Mk. 12:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὑπολήνιον, -ου, τό
(< ὑπό, ληνός), [in LXX: Jl 3 (4):13, Ha 2:17(16), Za 14:10, Is 16:10 (יֶקֶב) * ;]
a vessel or trough beneath a winepress to receive the juice (RV, a pit for the winepress) Mk 12:1 (v. Swete, in l, and cf. ληνός).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπολήνιον, denoting the ‘‘lower trough” or ‘‘ pit” into which the juice ran from the Aynvds (cf. Mk 121) occurs in a iv/A.D. account, P Oxy XIV. 17355 ὑπολήνια δι(πλο) κ(έραμον) a.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπολήνιον (hupolēnion) — trough. ὑπολήνιον, τό, vessel placed under a press to receive the wine or oil, vat, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+] adjective, κρατῆρας -ίους uncertain meaning in [Refs 1st c.BC+]