σκάφιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ] (A) (not [[σκαφίον]]), τό, Dim. of [[σκάφη]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[small]] [[bowl]] or [[small]] [[basin]], Thphr.CP4.16.3, PLond.2.402 ii 13 (ii B.C.), PHamb.10.36 (ii A.D.), etc.; used in baths, Lyc. ap. Ath.11.501f; [[small cup]], Phylarch. 44 J., Inscr.Délos 442 B 43, al. (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[woman]]'s [[chamber pot]] or woman's [[night stool]], Ar.Th.633, Eup.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[fashion]] of [[hair-cutting]] (borrowed from the Scythians), in which the [[hair]] was cut close off round the [[head]], so as to leave it only on the [[crown]], which then looked like a [[bowl]], σκάφιον ἀποκεκαρμένη Ar.Th.838; σ. ἀποτετιλμένος Id.Av.806: hence,<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[crown]] of the head, ἵνα μὴ καταγῇς τὸ σ. Id.Fr.604.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[occiput]], Ruf.Oss.2.<br><span class="bld">c</span> name of a [[bandage]] for the [[head]], Sor.Fasc.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in plural, = [[ἰσχία]], τά, Poll.2.183.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[σκαφεῖον]] ''1'', Hp.Fract.8.<br><br>[ᾰ] (B), τό, Dim. of [[σκάφος]] (B),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[small boat]], Str. 17.1.50, Hld.10.4.