σκαφίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ίδος, ἡ, Dim. of [[σκάφη]]; esp. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> [[bowl]], <b class="b3">ἄγγεα πάντα, γαυλοί τε σκαφίδες τε</b> <b class="b2">small milk-pails</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.223</span>; mentioned among <b class="b2">bakers' vessels</b> in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>417</span>; later, [[drinking vessel]] or [[measure]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>2.64</span>; [[pot]] for honey, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.59</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[spade]], [[shovel]], σ. εἰς παλαίστραν <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 290.76 (iii B.C.); used in dredging, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>98.27</span>: <b class="b3">ῥαπτὰς γειοφόρους σκαφίδας</b> perh. [[baskets]] for carrying earth, <span class="title">AP</span>6.297 (Phan.).</span><br /><span class="bld">σκᾰφ-ίς</span> (B), ίδος, ἡ, Dim. of [[σκάφος]] (B), <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[boat]], [[skiff]], ib.<span class="bibl">7.214</span> (Arch.), <span class="bibl">Palaeph.12</span>.</span>