σκᾰ́φ-η,ἡ:
I. trough, tub, basin, orbowl( Hom. only in Dim.
σκαφίς), Hdt. 4.73 , Ar. Ec. 742 , etc.;kneading-troughorbaker's tray, Timocl. 33 , cf. Poll. 10.102 ;wash-tub, bath, A. Fr. 225 , Hp. Steril. 234 ;bowlortrayon which offerings were carried by metoeci at the Panathenaea, etc., IG 12.844.6 , 22.1388.46 , al., Semus 5 ; cf.σκαφηφόρος: prov., τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει
Apostol. 15.95b
, cf. Plu. 2.178b , Luc. Hist.Conscr. 41 , Jul. Or. 7.208a .
2. light boat, skiff, Ar. Eq. 1315 (with a pun on signf. 1 ), PCair.Zen. 25.5
(iii B.C.), Plb. 1.23.7 ; used for cargo, BGU 1742.9
(i B.C.);boat-load, ξύλων
PGrad. 9.5
(iii B.C.).
3. child'scradle, Arist. Po. 1454b25 , Phylarch. 36
J. , Plu. Rom. 3 , Sor. 1.106 , al., Sch. Ar. Lys. 138 (prob.).
4. grave, BCH 24.394 (Bithynia).