φιάλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[phiale]], [[cup]], [[bowl]] or [[pan]] used as a [[saucepan]] for boiling liquids, ἀμφίθετος φιάλη ἀπύρωτος Il.23.270; also used as a [[cinerary urn]], ὀστέα ἐν χρυσέῃ φιάλῃ καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ θείομεν ib.243, cf. 253.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[broad]], [[flat bowl]] or [[saucer]] for drinking or pouring libations, φιάλας τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα Hdt.9.80, cf. 2.151, 7.54; δωροφοροῦσιν.. φιάλας Ar.''V.''677 (anap.); οἰνοδόκον φιάλη χρυσῷ πεφρικυῖαν Pi.''I.''6 (5).40; ἀργυρωθέντες σὺν οἰνηραῖς φ. Id.''N.''10.43; of gold, Hdt.2.151, 7.54, Pi.''I.''1.20, Pl.''Criti.''120a (pl.), ''PCair.Zen.''21.16 (iii B. C., [[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), ''Apoc.''5.8, etc.; ἔλαβε σύμβολον παρὰ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου φ. χρυσῆν Lys.19.25; of silver, Pi.''N.''9.51, ''IG''12.313.15, al., Lys.12.11, ''PCair.Zen.''327.5, al. (iii B. C.); ἀργυρηλάτους χρυσέας τε φ. E.''Ion'' 1182; φ. λυκιουργεῖς D.49.31; as a votive offering, Hdt.1.50, ''PTeb.''6.27 (ii B. C.), etc.; πίνειν ἐκ φ. μεγάλης ἐπὶ δεξιά [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 223c, cf. X.''Smp.'' 2.23; φιάλη καρυωτή, v. [[καρυωτός]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">b</span> used for unguents, ἄλλος δ' εὐῶδες μύρον ἐν φ. παρατείνει Xenoph.1.3; for administering medicines, ''IG''42(1).122.125 (Epid., iv B. C.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[τὸ ἐκ φιάλης]] = [[revenue from a collecting bowl]] (perhaps), IG11(2).161''A''116 (Delos, iii B. C.), cf. ''Inscr.Delos'' 442''A''156 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> from its broad flat shape, [[φιάλη Ἄρεως]] metaph. for [[ἀσπίς]], [[shield]], cited from Tim. (''Fr.''22) by Antiph.112, cf. Anaxandr.80, Arist.''Rh.''1412b35.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[ornament used in a coffered ceiling]], Agatharch.102.—The form [[φιέλη]] was less Att., Moer.p.389 P.