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scaphium

scaphium · n

a concave vessel

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Where it lives

Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k
In C. Verrem 2 · 0.2/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

scăphĭum — Lewis & Short

scăphĭum (scăpĭum), ii, n., = ska/fion.

I In gen., a concave vessel or basin in the form of a boat (cf. cymbium), Lucr. 6, 1046; Vitr. 8, 1 med.—

II In partic.

A A drinking-vessel in the form of a boat, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 11; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

B A chamber-pot, Mart. 11, 11, 6; Juv. 6, 264; Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin.—

C A concave sundial, Mart. Cap. 6, § 597.—

D The reservoir of a water -clock, Vitr. 9, 8, 5.

In the wild

scaphia Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.37
scaphium Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.8.5
scaphiis Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.1046
scaphium Plautus, Bacchides 1.1
scaphium Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.264
scaphiis Plautus, Stichus 5.4

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Where it came from

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