σκάφιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ] (A) (not <b class="b3">σκαφίον</b>), τό, Dim. of [[σκάφη]], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">small bowl</b> or <b class="b2">basin</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.16.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>2.402</span><span class="bibl"> ii 13</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>10.36</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; used in baths, Lyc. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.501f</span>; <b class="b2">small cup</b>, <span class="bibl">Phylarch. 44</span> J., <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 442 <span class="title">B</span> 43, al. (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">woman's chamberpot</b> or <b class="b2">nightstool</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>633</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a fashion of haircutting</b> (borrowed from the Scythians), <b class="b2">in which the hair was cut close off round the head</b>, so as to leave it only on the crown, which then looked like a <b class="b2">bowl</b>, σκάφιον ἀποκεκαρμένη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>838</span>; σ. ἀποτετιλμένος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>806</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">crown</b> of the head, <b class="b3">ἵνα μὴ καταγῇς τὸ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>604</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">occiput</b>, Ruf.<span class="title">Oss.</span>2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> name of a bandage for the head, <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in pl., = <b class="b3">ἰσχία, τά</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.183</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = [[σκαφεῖον]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>8</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">σκάφιον</span> [ᾰ] (B), τό, Dim. of [[σκάφος]] (B), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">small boat</b>, <span class="bibl">Str. 17.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.10.4</span>.</span>