ὀξύβαφον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (βάπτω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">small vinegar-saucer</b> : then, generally, [[shallow earthen vessel]], [[saucer]], <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Morb.</span>2.47</span>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.187</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>361</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph. 163.5</span>(v.l.), <span class="bibl">Eub.65</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 407.18 (ii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., a kind of [[harmonica]] made of saucers of different materials struck with a wooden hammer, Phlp. in de An.353.13 (<b class="b3">ὀψόβ-</b>codd.), Suid.s.v.[[Διοκλῆς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as a measure, [[the fourth part of a]] [[κοτύλη]], about 1/8 of a pint, μέλιτος <span class="bibl">Alex.172.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.7</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>598</span>, Dsc.3.27. (The form ὀξόβαφον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>781 iii 5</span> (i A.D.), <span class="title">PMed.Strassb.</span>p.7 K., is condemned by <span class="bibl">Phryn. <span class="title">PS</span>p.97</span> B.) </span>