ὀξύβαφον
μέγα γὰρ τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κράτος → great is the power of the country that controls the sea, control of the sea is a great thing, the dominion of the sea is a great matter, the rule of the sea is a great matter, the rule of the sea is indeed a great matter, control of the sea is a paramount advantage
English (LSJ)
τό, (βάπτω)
A small vinegar-saucer : then, generally, shallow earthen vessel, saucer, Hp. Morb.2.47, Cratin.187, Ar.Av.361, Antiph. 163.5(v.l.), Eub.65, Inscr.Délos 407.18 (ii B.C.), etc. 2 pl., a kind of harmonica made of saucers of different materials struck with a wooden hammer, Phlp. in de An.353.13 (ὀψόβ-codd.), Suid.s.v.Διοκλῆς. II as a measure, the fourth part of a κοτύλη, about 1/8 of a pint, μέλιτος Alex.172.11, cf. Thphr.HP9.11.7, al., Nic.Th.598, Dsc.3.27. (The form ὀξόβαφον BGU781 iii 5 (i A.D.), PMed.Strassb.p.7 K., is condemned by Phryn. PSp.97 B.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 351] τό, Essignäpfchen zum Eintauchen, βάπτω, u. übh. ein flaches Tischgeschirr; Ar. Av. 361; εἶδος κύλικος μικρᾶς κεραμέας, Ath. XI, 494 c aus Antiphan; Lucill. 64 (XI, 105); vgl. Ath. II, 67 e u. Suid. – Als Maaß, der vierte Theil der κοτύλη od. 24 Drachmen. – Auch ein musikalisches Instrument, z. B. Anonym. Bellerm. de mus. 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀξύβᾰφον: τό, (βάπτω) μικρὸν ὄξους δεκτικὸν σκεῦος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποτήριον καὶ εἶδος μικρᾶς κύλικος κεραμέας, Κρατῖνος ἐν «Πυτίνῃ» 8, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 361, πρβλ. Εὔβουλον ἐν «Μυλωθρίδι» 1. 2, κτλ. 2) μικρὸν εἶδος κυμβάλου, Chappell Anc. Music σ. 293. ΙΙ. ὡς μέτρον, τὸ τέταρτον κοτύλης, περίπου τὸ ἓν ὄγδοον τῆς λίτρας, μέλιτος Ἄλεξ. ἐν «Παννυχίδι» 1. 11, πρβλ. Νικ. Θηρ. 598.
