σκᾰφ-η, ἡ:
__I trough, tub, basin, or bowl [[(8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _diminutive_ σκαφίς), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 742, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; kneading-trough or baker's tray, [[ 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 33, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.102 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; wash-tub, bath, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 225, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 234] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bowl or tray on which offerings were carried by metoeci at the Panathenaea, etc., [[ “IG” 12.844.6, 22.1388.46, +others, Semus 5 ] Refs]; compare σκαφηφόρος: proverbial, τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει [[ 15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 15.95b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.178b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 41, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.208a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.2 light boat, skiff, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1315 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (with a pun on signification [[ 1), “PCair.Zen.” 25.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.23.7 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; used for cargo, [[ “BGU” 1742.9 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; boat-load, ξύλων [[ “PGrad.” 9.5 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.3 child's cradle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b25, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 3, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.106, +others, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 138 (probably). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]