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σκᾰφ-ίς

skaphis1 · ἡ

bowl, small milk-pails, bakers’ vessels

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σκᾰφ-ίς · skaph-is — LSJ

I bowl, small milk-pails, bakers’ vessels, drinking vessel, measure, pot

bowl, ἄγγεα πάντα, γαυλοί τε σκαφίδες τε small milk-pails, Od. 9.223; mentioned among bakers’ vessels in Ar. Fr. 417; later, drinking vessel or measure, Hp. Mul. 1.86, cf. Morb. 2.64; pot for honey, Theoc. 5.59.

II spade, shovel, baskets

spade, shovel, σ. εἰς παλαίστραν Inscr.Délos 290.76 (iii B.C.); used in dredging, Ph. Bel. 98.27: ῥαπτὰς γειοφόρους σκαφίδας perh. baskets for carrying earth, AP 6.297 (Phan.).

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