κόφῐν-ος, ὁ,
basket, accusative to [[ “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 102 less _Attic dialect_ than ἄρριχος, found in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1310, “fragment” 349, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.6, “IG” 22.1672.65, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.11, “PPetr.” 3p.312 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later times used specially by Jews, [[ 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 3.14, 6.542, cf. NT.Matt.16.9. ] NT+1st c.AD+]
__II Boeotian measure, containing nine Attic choenices, i.e. about two gallons, κ. σίτου [[ “IG” 7.2712.65, compare 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629a13, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]