σκάφιον · skaphion — LSJ
small bowl, basin, small cup
Dim. of σκάφη, small bowl or basin, Thphr. CP 4.16.3, PLond. 2.402ii 13 (ii B.C.), PHamb. 10.36 (ii A.D.), etc.; used in baths, Lyc. ap. Ath. 11.501f; small cup, Phylarch. 44 J., Inscr.Délos 442 B 43, al. (ii B.C.).
2 womanʼs chamberpot, nightstool
womanʼs chamberpot or nightstool, Ar. Th. 633, Eup. 46.
II a fashion of haircutting, in which the hair was cut close off round the head, bowl
a fashion of haircutting (borrowed from the Scythians), in which the hair was cut close off round the head, so as to leave it only on the crown, which then looked like a bowl, σκάφιον ἀποκεκαρμένη Ar. Th. 838; σ. ἀποτετιλμένος Id. Av. 806: hence,
2 crown
crown of the head, ἵνα μὴ καταγῇς τὸ σ. Id. Fr. 604.
b occiput
occiput, Ruf. Oss. 2.
c
name of a bandage for the head, Sor. Fasc. 3.
III
in pl., = ἰσχία, τά, Poll. 2.183.
IV
= σκαφεῖον I, Hp. Fract. 8.