σκάφος · skaphos — LSJ
hull of a ship, ship, the ship
hull of a ship, Hdt. 7.182, Th. 1.50; ἐν μέσῳ σκάφει S. Tr. 803; ὑπτιοῦτο δὲ σκάφη νεῶν A. Pers. 419; ναυτικὰ σ. S. Aj. 1278; Ἀργοῦς σκάφος E. Med. 1; ναὸς or νεὼς σ., poet. = ναῦς, Id. IT 1345, al.: generally, ship, οὐδʼ ἐπόντισε σ. A. Ag. 1013 (lyr.), cf. Supp. 440, Ar. Ach. 541, D. 9.69, BGU 1755.4 (i B.C.), etc.; σκάφευς ἀνάσσων Alcm. 72 (nisi leg. Καφεύς = Κηφεύς): metaph., πόλεως σ. the ship of the state, Ar. V. 29.
b canoe
τὸ ἴδιον κυβερνῆσαι σ. ‘paddle oneʼs own canoe’, Phld. Rh. 2.294 S.
2 hollow of the, ear
hollow of the external ear, Poll. 2.85.
II
= σκαφεῖον, AP 6.21.7.